Did you just find out that you’re expecting a girl or a boy? Frost with white frosting and serve cake slices or cupcakes as a creative way to announce the big news! Ingredients: 1 white cake mix Food coloring (blue or red) Mix up the …
Cakes
7 Minute Icing to the Rescue
For his sixth birthday party last weekend my youngest requested chocolate cupcakes with white icing. My mother was the baker and happily obliged. That is until we had a mini-crisis–she could not find her special buttercream icing recipe. Only an hour from party time, Mother …
Mix Tricks: Coconut Bundt Cake
This is one of my favorite recipes for a potluck dessert. It can be adapted from Triple Chocolate to Lemon Blueberry to White Chocolate Strawberry just by changing the cake mix, pudding mix and add-on flavors. The cake in the photo is the coconut version. …
Ice Cream Bombe
I love making ice cream cakes in the summer. My family loves eating them so much that they now ask for them all year long, as it has become their preferred birthday cake. And it couldn’t be easier to put one together! Don’t be alarmed …
Caramel Mocha Truffle Cupcakes–Can You Say Yum!
For these cupcakes, I altered the recipe for Caramel Lightning Cake from The Joy of Cooking (75th Anniversary Edition), by Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker. For truffle filling: 1 ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips ¼ cup flavored creamer (I used eggnog flavor, …
Mandarin Orange Cake
Mandarin Orange Cake Vicki Webb, January 2008 MMCW Cake: 1 package of yellow cake mix without pudding, 3/4 cup oil, 4 eggs, 1 can mandarin oranges with juice. Frosting: 1 large box instant vanilla pudding, 1 (20 oz) can undrained crushed pineapple, 1 (16 oz) Cool …
Perfect Rich Chocolate Birthday Cake
Loi Palmer, March 2007 MMCW 1 package Devil’s Food cake mix, 1 package (3.9 ounce) chocolate instant pudding mix, 1 stick melted butter, 1 cup sour cream, 4 large eggs, 1/2 cup warm water, 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. …
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
Loi Palmer, April 2006 MMCW This recipe makes two 9 inch round cakes, so surprise a neighbor with a gift from your kitchen. 1 yellow cake mix, 1 cup sour cream, 3 large eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon vanilla, 1 stick and 1/2 cup …
Vanilla Wafer Cake
Loi Palmer 1/2 lb butter (2 sticks), 2 cups sugar, 6 eggs, 1 (12 oz) box vanilla wafers crushed, 2 (7 oz) cans coconut, 1 and 1/2 cups pecans broken into pieces, 2 tablespoons milk. Place vanilla wafers in food processor and crush into crumbs. …
Whipped Topping for Cakes
Loi Palmer, April 2006 MMCW 2 cups whipping cream, 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour whipping cream into chilled glass or metal bowl. Add brown sugar and let it dissolve. Mix on high speed until foamy. Add powdered …