Graduation Cap Cake
General Instructions Make a 4” high cake (2 – 2” high cakes with a filling between the cakes or 1 split and filled 3” high layer). Base ice the cake with buttercream icing. Cover with fondant. Decorate the side of cake if desired. Cover square board with fondant. Make a tassel and center button from…
Read MoreGinger Cake
Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare pans with pan spray. Bring water (or beer or milk) to a rolling boil. Put the baking soda into a large heat resistant bowl and pour in the boiling water. It will bubble up. Add the ginger and mix. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl combine the molasses,…
Read MoreFruitcake
Combine Fruit Mix ingredients and allow the fruit to absorb the alcohol. Make the cake batter – cream together until well combined – the butter, brown sugar, honey, molasses, ⅓ C flour and vanilla bean paste. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing until incorporated before adding the next. Combine 1 C all purpose…
Read MoreArmadillo Cake
The best way to get a really red, red cake as in the Steel Magnolias movie is to add red food coloring (Americolor Super Red works best) to your white cake batter before baking. Just add the red food coloring until you get a little bit darker than the final color that you want. Bake…
Read MoreRed Velvet Cake
Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare 2 – 9″ round cake pans grease and line bottom with parchment paper. Or prepare cupcake pan with 24 cupcake liners. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Add sugar, mix and set aside. Mix wet ingredients at medium speed of a stand or hand mixer…
Read MoreEspresso Cocoa Nib Chocolate Cake
Preheat oven to 350. Prepare pan(s). Cut the chocolate into small pieces (marble size). Place into microwave safe bowl along with the butter. Heat for 1 minute at high heat and stir. Continue heating and stirring at 1 minute intervals until all of the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth and glossy when…
Read MorePeaches and Honey Cake
Prepare peaches – pit and chop peaches into pea sized pieces. Combine peach pieces with juice of 1 lemon, juice of 1 lime, honey and butter into a small sauce pan. Stir over high heat for 5 minutes or until peaches soften and the juice thickens. Cool. Strain off most of the juice. Prepare cake…
Read MoreMandarin Orange Cake
Preheat oven to 325°. Prepare 3 – 9 cake pans – grease and line bottoms with parchment. Mix all ingredients for cake until well combined. Split between the 3 pans. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until cake springs back when touched. Let cakes cool completely in pans. Make the icing by combining Cool Whip,…
Read MoreLemon Rosemary Cornmeal Cake
Preheat oven to 350. Prepare your pans – place cupcake liners in pans if making cupcakes or grease and place a parchment liner in an 8” round if making a whole cake. In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed until well mixed and light in texture.…
Read MoreColleen’s Apple Cake
Mix oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla and blend with flour and spices. Add apples and nuts. Grease the bundt pan(s). Spoon this thick batter into the prepared pan. Fill to ⅔ full. Tap pan on er to release air bubbles and smooth batter in the pan. Place into a cold oven. Bake at 350° for about…
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