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Gingerbread Boy Chocolate Cake

Gingerbread Boy Chocolate Cake

Cake

  • 1 box German chocolate cake mix with pudding
  • 1-1/4 cups water
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (16 oz)

Frosting and Decorations

  • 1 container (1-lb) vanilla creamy ready to spread frosting
  • 1 container (1- lb) chocolate creamy ready-to- spread frosting
  • 3 large red gumdrops
  • 2 milk chocolate stars

Heat oven to 350F (if using dark or nonstick pans, heat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease bottom of 3×9 inch pan with shortening; line with waxed paper. Grease waxed paper with shortening lightly flour. Generously grease 5-inch round ovenproof bowl that holds at least 1 cup with shortening, lightly flour. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds or until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally pour ½ cup batter into greased and floured bowl; pour remaining batter into pan. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips on batter in bowl; sprinkle remaining chips on batter in pan. Bake bowl 17 to 22 minutes and pan 27 to 35 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool cakes in bowl and pan 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto cooling rack. Remove waxed paper. Cool completed, about 30 minutes. To easily cut and shape cake shapes, chill it thoroughly in refrigerator or freezer before cutting it in step 6. Invert onto flat onto flat serving tray or foil-covered cardboard, about 20×14 inches. Spoon ½ cup of the vanilla frosting into resealable food storage plastic bag. Seal bag; set aside. In medium bowl, blend remaining vanilla frosting and chocolate frosting. Using serrated knife, cut cake into body as shown in photo. Spread cut edge of neck with frosting; attach round cake for head. Spread thin layer of frosting over all cut areas. Spread remaining frosting evenly over cake. Cut off small corner of bag with vanilla frosting Pipe frosting onto cake and decorate as shown in photo.

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White Fruit Cake

  •  2 lb. white raisins
  • 1 ½ lb. canned cherries
  • 1 ½ lb. pineapple
  • 1 lb. light brown sugar
  • 1 lb. butter
  • 1 dozen eggs
  • 1 large orange extract
  • 1 small lemon extract
  • 8 cups nuts
  • 6 cups sifted flour
  • 1 ½ tablespoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg

 Cut up nuts and drain fruit; coat with 4 cups flour. Cream butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time. Beat well. Add 2 cups flour with baking powder and nutmeg. Add extract. Pour batter over fruit and nut mixture; mix well. Place in two greased tube pans. Bake at 250 degrees F for 2 ½ hours.

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Cherry Spice Cake

Cherry Spice Cake

Cake

  • ½ cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 ½ cups cherry pie filling

Frosting

  • 8 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 packages (8-ounces each) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 3 tablespoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • Red and green candied cherries, cut in half, to decorate

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  For cake, cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.  In another large bowl, sift together next 6 ingredients.  In a blender or food processor, process pie filling until cherries are coarsely chopped.  Add dry ingredients and pie filling alternately to creamed mixture, mixing until smooth.  Pour batter evenly into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.  Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.  Cool in pans 10 minutes.  Remove from pans and cool completely on a wire rack.

For frosting, beat all ingredients in a large bowl until smooth.  Frost between layers, on sides, and on top of cake.  To decorate cake, refer to photo and place cherries on top of cake in wreath design.  Transfer remaining frosting to a pastry bag fitted with a medium star tip.  Pipe decorative border along bottom edge and top of cake.  Store in airtight container in refrigerator.  Serve at room temperature.

Yield:  about 20 servings

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Aunt Linda's Christmas Cake

 

Aunt Linda’s Christmas Cake

 Ingredients:

  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 ½ cups, vegetable oil
  • 1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained
  • 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
  • 2 cups bananas, mashed
  • 2 cups pecans, chopped

 Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cinnamon in large mixing bowl. Add eggs and oil, stirring until mixture is well moistened. (Do not beat.) Stir in pineapple, vanilla, banana and 1 cup pecans. Spoon batter into three well-greased and floured 9 inch round pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely. Spread your favorite cream cheese frosting between layers and on top and sides. Sprinkle with remaining pecans.

Yield: 12 to 15 servings

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