Choosey Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 10 by 3-inch round pan with butter, line the bottom and sides of the pan with parchment paper, and grease the paper. (I'll let you just grease, line the bottom of the pan, and lightly flour the sides if you're feeling lazy.)
• Place a large sifter or a sieve in a large mixing bowl. Add the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and sift.
• Add the sugar and whisk until combined.
• In another large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla together.
• Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until there are no lumps and the batter is smooth.
• Carefully pour in the boiling water and stir until combined. (Watch the little ones with the hot water!)
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the center of the oven for approximately 50 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, and the cake bounces back when lightly pressed.
• Remove from the oven and let the cake stand for 10 minutes. Run a butter knife around the cake to gently release. Peel off the parchment paper from the sides. Invert the cake, peel off the bottom piece of parchment, and cool on a wire rack.
• Variation:
• Coffee Enhanced Chocolate Cake: Swap the cup of water for a cup of hot black coffee.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celcius and grease a 2lb loaf tin.
• Mix the splenda and applesauce together in a large bowl until combined. Beat in the egg, egg white and vanilla.
• Sift in flour and baking powder and mix well. Finally fold in the raspberries.
• Transfer the mixture to the loaf pan and bake for approx 35 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat over to 375 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 pan, or if you want a layer cake, prepare two 9-inch round pans.
• Melt the chocolate and oil in a small saucepan over very low heat. Cream butter until light; add the sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Add the melted and cooled chcolate mixture and mix well. Sift or stir together the dry ingredients and stir them into the batter with the buttermilk. Mix the squash and nuts into the batter.
• Bake 13 x 9 cake for 40-45 minute and 9-inch pans for 35-40 min., or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool the cake completely before frosting with whipped cream or your favorite frosting. Try this frosting:.
• 3/4 cup butter at room temp., 8 oz. cream cheese at room temp., 4 plus cups confectioner's sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cream butter and cheese together until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add vanilla. Slowly add the confectioner's sugar until well blended, using more sugar if necessary to get a spreading consistency. Best stored in fridge.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease and flour one 9" or 10" bundt pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, instant vanilla pudding, water, oil, almond extract, and 6 tsp.
• of the amaretto, and blend together well.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350F for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven and while it is still warm, poke holes in the bottom and pour the amaretto icing into the holes and over the bottom of the cake.
• Let the cake cool for at least 2 hours before removing from the pan.
• To make Amaretto Icing: Sift the confectioner's sugar and combine it with the remaining 1/2 cup amaretto.
• Blend until smooth.
• You can add more amaretto as needed.
• Makes 1- 9 or 10 inch bundt cake.

Steps:

• Cut margarine into chunks in medium saucepan.
• Add water and cocoa.
• Heat, stirring oftern until mixture comes to a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• Beat eggs together in medium bowl until frothy.
• Add vanilla and baking soda.
• Mix.
• Stir milk and vinegar together in small cup let stand for 5 minutes to sour.
• Add to egg mixture.
• Mix.
• Add butter mixture and beat on low.
• Add flour, sugar and salt.
• Beat on low to mix, Batter will be thin.
• Turn into 2 greased 8 inch (20cm) round cake pans.
• Bake in 350 F (175 C) oven for about 20 minutes until wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool, and ice as you please.
• VARIATION: Works well as a slab cake pour batter into greased 9 x 13 inch (22 x 33 cm) pan.
• Bake in 350 F (175 C) oven for about 30 minutes.