Ho Ho Layer Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake as directed on the package for a 9 x 13 inch pan. Cool completely.
• Combine flour and milk in saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick. Cool completely. Cream 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup margarine, and shortening. Add cooled milk mixture, and beat well. Spread over cake. Refrigerate.
• In a small bowl, beat egg. Stir in vanilla, melted chocolate, hot water, confectioner's sugar, and 1/2 cup margarine. Pour over second layer. Refrigerate.

Steps:

• Prepare cake as directed on package for two round pans.
• When cool, "slice" through cakes to make 4 "thin" cakes.
• Beat sugar, shortening, vanilla, milk, salt and water for 7 minutes.
• Add powdered sugar and beat for 5 minutes longer.
• Lay one layer of cake on plate.
• Spread Cream filling on top only, do not go all the way to the edge.
• Lay another layer of cake on this.
• Spread cream filling on this too.
• Again layer and filling until you have all four layers on here.
• Ice the whole cake with the chocolate icing.

Steps:

• Cook .1 cup milk, 3 tbls flour and 1/2 cup white sugar -- leave the lid on so no skin forms -- cool and mix together the following -- 1/2 cup margarine, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup crisco shortening,pinch of slat and 1 tsp vanilla --
• add to first mixture and beat well.
• you can spread this between the two layers of cake, or cut each layer in half and you would have 3 layers of filling instead of one.
• to prepare the topping ingredients.
• melt butter and add cocoa powder and blend.add 1/4 cup boiling water and powdered sugar til thick enough --
• pour over cake -- make it thin enough so it will drip over the edges.
• I have really taken some liberties with this recipe for filling -- I have baked different flavored cakes.and use the filling from this.and made glaze co-ordinate with cake flavor.this is a great all purpose recipe -- many ways to use this idea.