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Post by anxiousmom on May 5, 2015 22:42:20 GMT
I am going to make cupcakes tonight, and am planning on making my favorite chocolate cake recipe-the old school Hershey Dark chocolate cake recipe (I think it is on the cocoa powder box even) with old school cream cheese frosting.
What is your go to cake/cupcake recipe? What is your favorite icing? Would you share? I love to bake and am always looking for something new...
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Post by MorellisCupcake on May 6, 2015 13:33:07 GMT
Well, it's not a recipe since I don't really bake.. but I'm making this cake for my daughter. She's coming home from college and turns 21 on the 13th so I'm giving it a shot. White cake with buttercream. I just think it's pretty and my son pointed out it looks like a Dr. Seuss cake, which she loves. So here's hoping it turns out. Polka dot cake |
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Post by anxiousmom on May 6, 2015 13:46:30 GMT
Well, it's not a recipe since I don't really bake.. but I'm making this cake for my daughter. She's coming home from college and turns 21 on the 13th so I'm giving it a shot. White cake with buttercream. I just think it's pretty and my son pointed out it looks like a Dr. Seuss cake, which she loves. So here's hoping it turns out. Polka dot cakeVery cute!! |
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Post by akathy on May 6, 2015 13:56:23 GMT
My favorite frosting is an orange marmalade cream cheese frosting I put on carrot cake.
4 eight once pkg. cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
3/4 cup orange marmalade
6 tablespoons room temperature butter
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
* Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth.
And just in case you want the cake recipe:
Carrot Cake
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
4 eggs
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup orange marmalade
1/2 cup orange juice
3 cups grated carrots
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
* Sift first 5 ingredients together. Beat eggs, oil, sugars, marmalade and orange juice in large bowl. Stir in dry ingredients. Fold in carrots and walnuts. Pour into two buttered and floured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees 40 minutes. Cool on wire racks for 15 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.
When frosting put one layer on cake plate. Top with 1/4 cup orange marmalade and spread with one cup frosting. Top with second cake. Spread with rest of frosting. (For a fancier looking cake you can press more chopped walnuts around the sides of cake.) store in fridge.
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Post by tallgirl on May 6, 2015 14:03:45 GMT
I love the Amy Sedaris vanilla cupcake recipe - I lose all self control when I make these. Amy Sedaris' Cupcakes 1 ½ sticks of unsalted butter 1 ¾ cups of sugar Beat well, then add: Add 2 large eggs 2 Teaspoons of pure vanilla ½ teaspoon of salt 2 ½ teaspoons of baking powder 2 ½ cups of flour 1 ¼ cups of milk Beat well, fill cups, and bake at 375 degrees for 18-20 minutes. You should get 24. I get 18, 'cause I'm doing something wrong. [That is part of the recipe, not my commentary!] Frosting 1 stick of unsalted butter 1 box of Domino confectionary sugar ¼ cup half-and-half 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla Whip for a while, color if you want. akathy, your cake recipe sounds delicious. Does it really call for 4 bricks of cream cheese to frost one cake - am I reading that correctly? |
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Post by anxiousmom on May 6, 2015 14:20:18 GMT
akathy I have a recipe somewhere around here that has orange marmalade as a filler for the cake and that frosting recipe would be...well, icing on the cake.  tallgirl the cupcakes look great!! I have started making my cupcakes in a mini tart pan...that way, the icing to cake ratio is much more equitable.
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Post by compwalla on May 6, 2015 14:28:59 GMT
This is the go-to cake I make when we want chocolate cake. It has bananas for moistness but it does not taste like banana at all. It's super-chocolate the way I make it because I use very dark cocoa. It's the anti-Texas sheet cake. (A cake recipe I loathe with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.)
Chocolate Banana Cake
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Post by anxiousmom on May 6, 2015 14:35:12 GMT
This is the go-to cake I make when we want chocolate cake. It has bananas for moistness but it does not taste like banana at all. It's super-chocolate the way I make it because I use very dark cocoa. It's the anti-Texas sheet cake. (A cake recipe I loathe with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.)
Chocolate Banana Cake
I just pinned your recipe!! Have you ever subbed coffee for the water? Almost every time I make cakes with dark cocoa powder, I use steaming (almost boiling) coffee...it enhances the chocolate somehow. You absolutely can't taste the coffee, much like the addition of the banana I would guess-all it does is make it even more tasty.  |
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Post by compwalla on May 6, 2015 15:03:33 GMT
This is the go-to cake I make when we want chocolate cake. It has bananas for moistness but it does not taste like banana at all. It's super-chocolate the way I make it because I use very dark cocoa. It's the anti-Texas sheet cake. (A cake recipe I loathe with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.)
Chocolate Banana Cake
I just pinned your recipe!! Have you ever subbed coffee for the water? Almost every time I make cakes with dark cocoa powder, I use steaming (almost boiling) coffee...it enhances the chocolate somehow. You absolutely can't taste the coffee, much like the addition of the banana I would guess-all it does is make it even more tasty. No, but I usually throw in a tablespoon or two of instant espresso powder. Same thing, basically, yes? It is SO flippin' delicious. |
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Post by anxiousmom on May 6, 2015 15:06:46 GMT
I just pinned your recipe!! Have you ever subbed coffee for the water? Almost every time I make cakes with dark cocoa powder, I use steaming (almost boiling) coffee...it enhances the chocolate somehow. You absolutely can't taste the coffee, much like the addition of the banana I would guess-all it does is make it even more tasty. No, but I usually throw in a tablespoon or two of instant espresso powder. Same thing, basically, yes? It is SO flippin' delicious. Yes! It is exactly the same really, I just almost always have coffee in the pot (I drink a lot of coffee LOL) so that is what I use. I have read that some people use the espresso powder or crystals instead. |
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Post by akathy on May 6, 2015 17:08:29 GMT
I love the Amy Sedaris vanilla cupcake recipe - I lose all self control when I make these. Amy Sedaris' Cupcakes 1 ½ sticks of unsalted butter 1 ¾ cups of sugar Beat well, then add: Add 2 large eggs 2 Teaspoons of pure vanilla ½ teaspoon of salt 2 ½ teaspoons of baking powder 2 ½ cups of flour 1 ¼ cups of milk Beat well, fill cups, and bake at 375 degrees for 18-20 minutes. You should get 24. I get 18, 'cause I'm doing something wrong. [That is part of the recipe, not my commentary!] Frosting 1 stick of unsalted butter 1 box of Domino confectionary sugar ¼ cup half-and-half 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla Whip for a while, color if you want. akathy, your cake recipe sounds delicious. Does it really call for 4 bricks of cream cheese to frost one cake - am I reading that correctly? Yes, you're reading it right. Four 8 ounce bricks of cream cheese. |
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Post by pepper59 on May 6, 2015 17:33:10 GMT
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Post by kimberlyr on May 6, 2015 18:24:10 GMT
My favorite is from allrecipes called Chocolate Candy Bar Cake. It takes a regular box cake mix but changes it up. I like to make it in a 11x15 pan so it is more of a snack cake thickness when I take it for a large gathering. link |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on May 6, 2015 21:33:19 GMT
Well, you've probably already made your cupcakes and I'm too late, but I'll post it anyway.
Aunt Marty's Frosting
1 C sugar
1 C Crisco (yeah, that's right)
1 C evaporated milk
1 t vanilla
Cream Crisco & sugar (about 10 min.)
Add 1/2 C milk & vanilla
Heat remaining 1/2 C milk. Add it to Crisco mixture when HOT
Mix til frosting is smooth
Yes, you are basically eating raw Crisco and that sounds disgusting (and I'm sure it's ridiculously bad for you), but I'm tellin' ya, this is terrific frosting!
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Post by beaglemom on May 6, 2015 22:02:24 GMT
I love to bake!! Here are some of my favorites! This Smitten Kitchen Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake is amazing. I now use it as my chocolate cake base for any cake. It is incredible, very moist. I freeze the layers for an hour or so before frosting, otherwise they tend to crumble when frosting. It freezes and defrosts on the counter great. The peanut butter frosting is delicious. I usually do the peanut butter between the layers and then the Annie's Eats chocolate frosting below on the outside. Amazing. I have made this Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake twice in the last month. Very lemony and the frosting balances well with the flavors. It has been very popular both times I made it. This Strawberry Cream Cheese Butter cream Frosting is amazing. You use freeze dried strawberries for the flavor and coloring of the frosting, delicious! These Lemon Blackberry cupcakes are so good. The berry cooks during the baking and gives you a great burst of flavor when you bite into it. The frosting is also yummy. They also freeze well and are good with raspberries instead of blackberries. Now these Annie Eats triple chocolate cupcakes , the cupcakes I have found to be a little dry. But the frosting - oh my goodness....amazing. It is the only chocolate frosting I make and it frost beautifully, makes a ton, and is so dang delicious! Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Mousse Frosting
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Post by conchita on May 6, 2015 22:09:28 GMT
Okay, I'll add one that I got off the internet somewhere. It gets inhaled whenever I make it.
Cinnamon Coffee Cake
INGREDIENTS
1 to 2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) HERSHEY'S Cinnamon Chips
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
EASY GLAZE (recipe follows) or powdered sugar
2 to 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup applesauce
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine , softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1. Directions
2. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
3. Beat butter and granulated sugar in large bowl on medium speed of mixer until well blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix in applesauce. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in cinnamon chips and pecans, if desired. Spread in prepared pan.
4. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Drizzle with glaze or sprinkle with powdered sugar. 12 to 15 servings.
5. EASY GLAZE: Stir together 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 1 to 2 tablespoons warm water.
6. VARIATIONS:
7. FLUTED CAKE: Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan. Prepare batter as directed; pour into prepared pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in thickest part comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; invert onto wire rack. Cool completely.
8. CUPCAKES: Paper-line 24 muffin cups (2-1/2-inches in diameter) Prepare batter as directed; spoon into prepared cups. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on May 7, 2015 11:23:54 GMT
My go to is lemon blueberry. I make one similar to beaglemom but mine has a layer of lemon curd in it. |
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