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Peach Filled Cake

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Peach Filled Cake

Ingredients:

  • ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1 cup white flour
  • 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 medium-sized peaches, peeled and sliced (about 1 ½ cups slices)
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar, mixed with ½ teaspoon cinnamon

In a bowl, cream the butter or margarine with the granulated sugar. Beat in the eggs, then the lemon rind and milk. In another bowl, stir together the flours, baking powder, and salt. Beat in the creamed mixture. Spread half the batter evenly in a greased and floured 8 x 10 inch baking pan. Arrange the peach slices on top and sprinkle with the brown sugar-cinnamon mixture. Spread the remaining batter on top. Bake the cake in a 350 degrees F oven for 50 minutes, or until it tests done with a toothpick. Let cool on a rack. Because this cake is so moist, it is easiest to serve it directly from the baking pan. NOTE: It should be stored in the refrigerator.

Yield: 16 servings

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Mocha Cream Cake

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Cake:

  • 2 ½ cups sifted plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup boiling water
  • 4 ounces German sweet chocolate, broken into small pieces
  • 1 teaspoon dry instant coffee
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Frosting:

  • 2 cups whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 teaspoons dry instant coffee

Garnish: chopped nuts or pecan halves

Cake: Grease three 9-inch round cake pans. Sift together flour, soda and salt. Set aside. In a small bowl, pour water over chocolate and coffee. Stir to melt, then cool. Add vanilla. Cream butter and sugar. Add yolks one at a time. Add buttermilk alternately with flour mixture. Mix just until blended. Stir in chocolate mixture. Gently fold in egg whites. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-40 minutes.

Frosting: Combine cream, cocoa, sugar and coffee. Mix well. Chill 1 hour. Whip mixture and frost cake. Garnish with nuts.

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Chocolate Banana Cake

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Chocolate Banana Cake

Ingredients:

  • 9 tablespoons (1 stick plus 1 tablespoon) butter or margarine, softened
  • 1¼ cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice plus enough milk to equal ½ cup liquid
  • 1 cup bananas, mashed
  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ cup cocoa, sifted
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

 In a bowl, cream the butter or margarine with the sugar. Beat in the eggs, then the lemon-milk mixture and bananas. In another bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Beat into the banana mixture. Turn the batter into a greased and flowered 8 x 10 inch pan. Bake the cake in a 350 degrees F oven for 35 minutes, or until it tests done with a toothpick. Transfer to a rack to cool.

Yield: 10 servings

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Blueberry Orange Streusel Cake

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Blueberry Orange Streusel Cake

Ingredients:

  • Oil or melted butter, for greasing
  • 1 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • Generous ¾ cup superfine sugar
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Finely grated rind of ½ orange
  • ½ cup ground almonds
  • Generous 1 cup fresh blueberries

 Topping:

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 tbsp. superfine sugar
  • Finely grated rind of ½ orange

 Method

Preheat the oven to 325 degree F. Grease and line the bottom of 9-inch round springform cake pan. For the topping, put all the ingredients into a bowl and mix with a fork to make a crumbly mixture. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and add the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract. Beat well until the mixture is smooth, then add the orange rind, ground almonds, and half the blueberries. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan, smooth level with spatula, and sprinkle with the remaining blueberries. Spread the crumble topping evenly over the top, covering completely. Bake in the preheated oven for 1-1 ¼ hours, or until risen, firm and golden brown. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove the sides of the pan and finish cooling on a wire rack.

Serves 8-10

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Make For Your Valentine

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burnt sugar cake

Burnt Sugar Cake

  •  ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 ¼ cups four
  • 3 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ¾ cup cold water
  • 4 tbsp. burnt sugar syrup

 Cream butter and sugar; separate eggs. Add well beaten yolks and stir thoroughly. Sift dry ingredients together; add alternately with water and syrup. Beat thoroughly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Divide batter between greased and floured layer pans. Bake at 375 degrees F about 25 minutes.

 Burnt Sugar Syrup:

  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • ½ cup water

Put sugar in heavy pan. Cook over low and stir constantly until melted and brown. Add ½ cup water and continue cooking until lumps are dissolved.

 Burnt Sugar Icing:

  • 6 tbsp. burnt sugar syrup
  • 4 tbsp. butter
  • 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Heat syrup and butter until butter is melted. Beat in sugar and flavoring slowly until icing is of good spreading consistency. Frost Cake.

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Harvey Wallbanger Cake

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Harvey Wallbanger Cake.jpegIngredients:

  • 1 pkg. yellow cake mix
  • 1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding
  • ½ cup cooking oil
  • 2 tbsp. flour
  • 2 tbsp. water
  • 4 eggs
  • ¼ cup vodka or gin
  • ¼ cup galliano
  • ¾ cup orange juice

Mix all together and beat for 4 minutes. Pour into a well greased and lightly floured bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 50-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in pan. Dust with confectioner’s sugar or with sour cream frosting while still warm. Serve with fruit if you wish and cream for a for a lovely summer desert.

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Happy Labor Day

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Labor Day.jpgPolka Dot Birthday Cake

Ingredients:

  • Oil or melted butter, for greasing
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • Generous ¾ cup superfine sugar
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp. milk
  • Sugar-coated chocolate candies and birthday candles, to decorate

Filling & topping:

  • 5 tbsp. apricot jelly
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 lb. 2 oz./500 g ready-to-roll fondant

Method

Preheat the oven to 325 F. Grease and line two 8-inch square layer cake pans. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl and add the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract. Beat well until the mixture is smooth, then stir in the milk. Divide the mixture between the prepared pans and smooth the surfaces with the spatula. Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until risen, firm, and golden brown. Let cool in the pans for 2-3 minutes, then turn out and finish cooling on a wire rack. Warm the apricot jelly with the lemon juice in a small pan until melted. Spread half over one cake and place the other cake on top. Brush the remaining jelly over the top and sides of the cake. Roll out the fondant and cover the cakes, smoothing with your hands, then trim the edges with a sharp knife. Decorate with candies and birthday candles.

Serves 8-10

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Chocolate Banana Cake

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Chocolate Banana Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 package Swiss Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 1 ½ cups light vanilla nonfat yogurt, divided
  • 2 medium bananas, sliced and divided
  • 1 tbsp. chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan. Prepare, bake and cool cake following package directions for No Cholesterol recipe. Split cake into thirds horizontally. Place bottom cake layer on serving plate. Spread ½ cup yogurt on cake. Arrange half the banana slices on yogurt. Place middle cake layer on top of bananas. Repeat with ½ cup yogurt and remaining banana slices. Place top cake layer on top of bananas. Glaze with remaining ½ cup yogurt. Sprinkle with pecans. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Celebrating St. Paddy’s Day

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Wearing O’ Green Cake

  • 1 package white cake mix
  • 2 packages lime gelatin
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • ½ cup cold water

Topping:

  • 1 cup cold milk
  • 1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
  • Green food coloring
  • Green sprinkles

Prepare and bake cake according to package directions in a 9 inch pan. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in cold water and set aside. With a meat fork or wooden skewer, poke holes about 2 in. apart into the cooled cake. Slowly pour the gelatin over the cake. Cover and refrigerate. In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in whipped topping and add food coloring as desired. Spread over cake. Decorate with sprinkles. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

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Halloween Time

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Rainbow Layer Cake

Rainbow Layer Cake

Ingredients:

  • Parchment paper
  • 2 packages white cake mix
  • Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix boxes
  • Violet food coloring gel
  • Royal blue food coloring gel
  • Kelly green food coloring gel
  • Yellow food coloring gel
  • Orange food coloring gel
  • Red Food coloring gel
  • 3 (16 oz.) cans ready-to-spread vanilla frosting, divided
  • 2 ¾ cups powdered sugar, divided

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 6 (8 inch) round cake pans; line with parchment paper. Prepare double batch cake mix according to package directions, using water, oil and egg whites. Divide batter evenly between 6 bowls. Stir 1/8 tsp. each of violet, blue, green and yellow coloring into 4 of the batters. Stir ½ to 1 tsp. orange into the fifth bowl, and ¾ to 1 tsp. red coloring into the sixth bowl. Pour batters into prepared pans.

Bake cake layers at 350 degrees F for 13 to 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove cakes from pans to wire racks, and cool completely (about 1 hour).

Beat 2 cans frosting with 1 cup powdered sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy (2 to 3 minutes). Stack cake layers with 1/3 cup frosting in between each layer. With 1 ¼ cups frosting spread a thin layer of frosting on top and sides of cake.

Add remaining can of frosting and remaining 1 ¾ cups powdered sugar to remaining frosting in bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until light and fluffy (2 to 3 minutes). Divide frosting into 3 bowls. Tint 2 bowls different shades of light blue. Frost cake with deepest blue toward the bottom and white frosting on top. Use back of spoon to blend and swirl frosting.

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