Favorite Cake Recipes

[AGBF]

I saw that coffee is an ingredient in ksinger's chocolate pound cake! The same coffee that we discussed enhancing chocolate cakes earlier in the thread. I really had never heard of this before we got into it in this thread. Did anyone else here who bakes hear of it as a universal principle?

The Internet can be a wonderful tool. It took me a very short time to find that our suspicions were founded: coffee is supposed to enhance the flavor of chocolate! Below is an excerpt from the Baking Bites website.

"When you bake enough chocolate cakes, or simply look at enough chocolate cake recipes, you’ll notice a trend: many of them include coffee or instant coffee as an ingredient. This isn’t because most people are looking for a mocha-flavored cake. Rather, coffee is commonly included because it is a great way to enhance the flavor of cocoa powder, resulting in a more chocolaty cake – not a coffee-flavored one.

Cocoa powder is a bit bitter on its own, with hints of fruit and spice that are detectable when you get a good-quality cocoa. Coffee has these same flavor elements, and a small amount of coffee in a cake batter – whether you’re using 1 cup of coffee or 1 tbsp instant coffee – will help these cocoa flavors stand out even more than they would on their own. The milk, sugar, eggs and so forth that you add into a cake just helps all that cocoa taste good, not necessarily more chocolaty! You would have to add quite a bit of coffee (or not have much cocoa at all) to get more of a coffee flavor than a cocoa one; chocolate is generally more dominant in a baked good than coffee is.

(snip of paragraph)"

Deb/AGBF

 

[gemgirl]

This is Deb's cake recipe thread from last August. Please add your favorites to this thread. With the holidays beginning this week, lots of us will be baking all kinds of sweet and wonderful things. I love the smell of something baking in the house! It beats any candle or air freshener.

 

[diamondringlover]

I love cake I really like jello cake, I dont know where my recipe is, but I like to make a boxed white cake with peach jello and I dont remember the frosting I used, but I believe it was made from instant vanilla pudding and dream whip...yum, I am gonna have to hunt that recipe down....I want cake!!

 

[AGBF]

Jello cake is so easy I'm embarrassed to even put it here. It's like the rice krispie treats of the cake world. Put flour all over your face and make your hair stand up all over so they think you worked really hard on it.

Make a regular yellow box cake. Make a big box or 2 little boxes of jello (strawberry being my favorite) but don't put it in the fridge, leave it liquid in the bowl. When the cake is cooled down, poke holes all over in it w/a fork or chopsticks or something. Don't poke the holes all the way thru to the bottom of the cake tho. Pour the jello liquid over the top of the cake. It will soak down in the holes. Put cool whip or whatever frosting on top. Cool Whip is best I think, but you could do probably Cool Whip, sugar and cream cheese together?? Stick it in the fridge. When it's chilled, when you cut it you can see how the jello soaked into the cake in varying degrees everywhere. It's sooo good!

gemgirl-

Thank you so much for bringing this thread up top again! It is great to have it here ("available" in Hangout) for the holidays!. And, packrat, thank you for posting that wonderful jello cake recipe! I still haven't tried to make it, but I am delighted to have it now! Isn't possession 9/10 of the law? if so, by possessing the recipe, I now possess the jello cake? The jello cake law? Whatever. I feel better with it on a recipe card. More secure. Thank you!

Deb/AGBF

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I have a pumpkin cake in the oven...probably just about done.

I heated up the left over pumpkin from the can, added in a bit of cinnamon, and ate it. lol Didn't taste that good, but I DID get 300% of my RDA of Vit A!

mmmm....cake.

 

[gemgirl]

I love cake I really like jello cake, I dont know where my recipe is, but I like to make a boxed white cake with peach jello and I dont remember the frosting I used, but I believe it was made from instant vanilla pudding and dream whip...yum, I am gonna have to hunt that recipe down....I want cake!!

Hmmm, peach cake and cream cheese frosting. Yum!

 

[gemgirl]

I have a pumpkin cake in the oven...probably just about done.

I heated up the left over pumpkin from the can, added in a bit of cinnamon, and ate it. lol Didn't taste that good, but I DID get 300% of my RDA of Vit A!

mmmm....cake.

Right? Plain pumpkin is not so great tasting. I've tried it before. It needs some brown sugar AND cinnamon.

 

[AGBF]

I have posted this recipe before, but it is a great Christmas recipe: really, really easy and incredibly popular. It is not for a gourmet crowd, but it also will not let you down at a big gathering with all types of people represented. No one will know how easy it was to make (unless, perhaps, you slather it with commercial Cool Whip).

Easy Cherry Cobbler

1 can cherry pie filling
(I use 1/2 can pie filling and 1 can tart cherries instead)
Spread in greased 9 x 9 pan
1/2 box cake mix (yellow or white)
Sprinkle over cherries
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
and
1/2 cup water poured over cake mix
1/2-1 cup chopped nuts sprinkled over top
Bake at 400 degrees for 1/2 hour

Can be served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Since I use 1/2 can pie filling for a cake, I always make two cakes. Two are always eaten!

Deb/AGBF

 

[diamondringlover]

lol, I read this post and had to bake something I got chocolate chip cookies in the oven, yum!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I have a pumpkin cake in the oven...probably just about done.

I heated up the left over pumpkin from the can, added in a bit of cinnamon, and ate it. lol Didn't taste that good, but I DID get 300% of my RDA of Vit A!

mmmm....cake.

Right? Plain pumpkin is not so great tasting. I've tried it before. It needs some brown sugar AND cinnamon.

Will add a bit of sugar. I have about 1 cup of it left and it's so healthy...don't want to add too much sugar or it sorta defeats the purpose of creating a healthy side dish to the cake...which I ended up eating 1/4 of.

 

[les12]

I have posted this recipe before, but it is a great Christmas recipe: really, really easy and incredibly popular. It is not for a gourmet crowd, but it also will not let you down at a big gathering with all types of people represented. No one will know how easy it was to make (unless, perhaps, you slather it with commercial Cool Whip).

Easy Cherry Cobbler

1 can cherry pie filling
(I use 1/2 can pie filling and 1 can tart cherries instead)
Spread in greased 9 x 9 pan
1/2 box cake mix (yellow or white)
Sprinkle over cherries
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
and
1/2 cup water poured over cake mix
1/2-1 cup chopped nuts sprinkled over top
Bake at 400 degrees for 1/2 hour

Can be served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Since I use 1/2 can pie filling for a cake, I always make two cakes. Two are always eaten!

Deb/AGBF

I love this recipe! Usually I'll add a can of crushed pineapple in with the cherries. So so simple and delicious!

 

[gemgirl]

I have a pumpkin cake in the oven...probably just about done.

I heated up the left over pumpkin from the can, added in a bit of cinnamon, and ate it. lol Didn't taste that good, but I DID get 300% of my RDA of Vit A!

mmmm....cake.

Right? Plain pumpkin is not so great tasting. I've tried it before. It needs some brown sugar AND cinnamon.

Will add a bit of sugar. I have about 1 cup of it left and it's so healthy...don't want to add too much sugar or it sorta defeats the purpose of creating a healthy side dish to the cake...which I ended up eating 1/4 of.

MC, I actually can't eat sugar myself, so I'd add organic date sugar. It's really delicious tasting. I add a little into my mashed butternut squash.

 

[Blackpaw]

Mmmm that italian creme cake looks delish

I really like this cinnamon tea cake recipe. Its super easy, the mixture tastes yum while im making it ( ) and it goes amazingly well with a cup of tea, especially when its warm....

Ingredients (serves
180g cubed butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups (185g) self-raising flour
1/4 cup (40g) plain flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup (125ml) milk
1 tbs caster sugar, extra
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbs melted butter

Method
Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 20cm-round cake pan with baking paper. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift flours and cinnamon together. Fold in alternately with milk in 2 batches. Spoon into pan and smooth surface. Bake for 1 hour or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Carefully turn out onto a wire rack. Mix extra sugar, cinnamon and melted butter together. Pour over cake and set aside to cool. Serve.

 

[bebe]

The very best Carrot Cake - ever !! I'm making my 2nd for T'giving right now.

Carrot Cake Supreme With Buttermilk Glaze and Cream Cheese Frosting

* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 3 large eggs
* 2 cups sugar
* 3/4 cup vegetable oil
* 3/4 cup buttermilk
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 2 cups grated carrots
* 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
* 1 (3 1/2 ounce) can flaked coconut
* 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (walnuts are better!!)


buttermilk glaze

* 1 cup sugar
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 cup buttermilk
* 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
* 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


deluxe cream cheese frosting

* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (room temp)
* 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese (room temp)
* 3/4 cup butter (room temp)
* 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

Prep Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 1/4 hr

1. 1 For Cake:.
2. 2 Grease three 8 or 9-inch round cake pans and line with parchment paper.
3. 3 Stir together first 4 ingredients in a medium sized bowl.
4. 4 In your mixing bowl, beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
5. 5 Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
6. 6 Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients.
7. 7 Pour batter into prepared pans.
8. 8 Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

9. Buttermilk Glaze:

10. 10 Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a medium to large saucepan.
11. 11 Boil 4 minutes, stirring constantly until glaze is golden. (careful not to burn this !!)
12. 12 Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla and cool slightly.
13. 13 Drizzle warm buttermilk glaze evenly over warm cake layers; cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes.
14. 14 Remove from pans, inverting layers. Peel parchment; invert again, glaze side up.
15. 15 Cool completely on wire racks.

16. Deluxe Cream Cheese Frosting:

17. 17 Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
18. 18 Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until light and fluffy.
19. 19 Stir in vanilla.
20. 20 Frost with Deluxe Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top of sides of cake.
21. 21 Chill cake several hours before slicing.
22. 22 Store in the refrigerator.

 

[Blackpaw]

Mmmmm can i just make the cream cheese frosting

 

[packrat]

My ass is getting bigger every time I read this thread.

And we're making some sort of crazy apple crisp/cake thing for Thanksgiving. New recipe I found in the paper.