Lazy Black Forest Cake

Lazy Black Forest Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 1 chocolate cake mix
  • 1/2 cup brandy
  • 1 can cherry pie filling

Instructions
 

  • Mix cake.
  • Add brandy to cherry pie filling.
  • Place half of cake mix in 9x12” pan and put cherry pie filling over cake mix.
  • Add remaining cake mix.
  • Bake.
  • Ice with whipped cream 3 hours before serving.
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Holiday Truffle Cheesecake

Holiday Truffle Cheesecake

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
  • 6 tbsp butter melted
  • 3 pkgs Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 8 squares Baker’s Semi-sweet chocolate melted

Glaze:

  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 4 squares semi-sweet chocolate chopped

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 325ºF.
  • Mix crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of a 9” springform pan.
  • Bake 10 minutes at 325ºF.
  • With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth.
  • Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until blended.
  • Stir in chocolate; pour over crust.
  • Bake 50 minutes or until set.
  • Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake.
  • Cool – refrigerate overnight.

Glaze

  • Bring cream to a boil over low heat; remove from heat.
  • Stir in chocolate until melted and smooth.
  • Spread over top and sides of cake.
  • Decorate as desired.
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Gum Drop Cake

Gum Drop Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 lb seedless raisins
  • 1 cup nuts
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 lb gum drops
  • 1 jar maraschino cherries halved

Instructions
 

  • Cream eggs, butter, sugar.
  • Add 1 cup flour, cream again; add ½ cup milk, 1 cup flour with baking powder and spices.
  • Add remaining milk.
  • Add raisins, nuts and gum drops (floured). mix again.
  • Bake at 350ºF for 1 hour.
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Green Tomato Cake

Green Tomato Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil or melted shortening
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 cup pecans or walnuts
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 2 1/2 cups diced green tomatoes
  • coconut optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In mixing bowl, beat sugar, vegetable oil or shortening, eggs and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
  • Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg; slowly beat into egg mixture.
  • Blend well.
  • Stir in pecans, raisins and tomatoes.
  • Pour into greased 9x13-inch pan.
  • Top with coconut if desired.
  • Bake for one hour, or until wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
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Fudge Truffle Cheesecake

Fudge Truffle Cheesecake

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 3 oz packages cream cheese softened, 8each
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk 14 oz, NOT evaporated milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Chocolate Crumb Crust

  • Stir together 1 ½ cups vanilla wafer crumbs, ½ cup powdered sugar, 1/3 cup Cocoa and 1/3 cup melted butter or margarine in bowl.
  • Press firmly onto bottom of 9” springform pan.

Filling

  • Melt chocolate chips.
  • Beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy.
  • Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth.
  • Add melted chips, eggs and vanilla; mix well.
  • Pour into prepared crust.
  • Bake 1 hour and 5 minutes or until center is set.
  • Remove from oven to wire rack.
  • With knife, loosen cake from side of pan.
  • Cool completely; remove side of pan.
  • Refrigerate several hours before serving.
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Dark Chocolate Cake

Dark Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 Hershey’s cocoa
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
  • 1 cup strong black coffee
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Combine first six ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add remaining ingredients and beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Batter will be thin.
  • Pour into a greased and floured 13x9x2” pan.
  • Bake at 350ºF for 35-40 minutes.
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Crazy Chocolate Cake

Crazy Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
  

Directly into an 8” square cake pan sift:

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Mock Butter Icing:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbsp hot water
  • 1 tbsp cold water

Instructions
 

  • Make three holes in the dry ingredients.
  • Into one hole pour 1 tsp. vanilla.
  • Into another pour 6 tbs. cooking oil. Into third pour 1 tbsp. vinegar.
  • Pour 1 cup cold water over all and beat with a fork until smooth.
  • Bake at 350ºf for 25-30 minutes.
  • Soften butter and beat in icing sugar gradually.
  • Beat thoroughly.
  • Add cold water then hot.
  • Add vanilla.
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Cinnamon Roll Swirl Cake

Cinnamon Roll Swirl Cake

Servings 1 cake

Ingredients
  

BATTER:

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup butter melted

TOPPING:

  • 1 cup butter soft to the point of almost melted
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 Tbs flour
  • 2 Tbs cinnamon

GLAZE:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 5 Tbs milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients together except for the butter.
  • Once mixed; slowly pour in the butter.
  • Stir into the batter.
  • Pour into a greased 9x13 pan.
  • For the topping, mix all the ingredients together until well combined.
  • Drop evenly over the batter and swirl with a knife.
  • Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes.
  • While the cake is still warm drizzle the glaze over the cake.
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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pkg cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips divided
  • 1 graham cracker crumb crust

Instructions
 

  • Mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
  • Add eggs; mix until blended.
  • Stir in ½ cup of the chips.
  • Pour into crust.
  • Sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup chips.
  • Bake at 350ºF for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool.
  • Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
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Chocolate Cherry Pecan Cake

Chocolate Cherry Pecan Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup unsalted b utter
  • 9 oz dark semi-sweet chocolate chopped
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1 3/4 cups pecans toasted and finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup canned pitted drained bing cherries, finely chopped
  • butter to grease pans

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  • Melt butter and chocolate together in a bowl over barely simmering water.
  • In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer beat eggs and sugar until light, fluffy, and pale in colour.
  • Incorporate melted butter and chocolate into the egg and sugar mixture.
  • Add sifted flour, pecans and cherries and mix well.
  • Butter one 8-inch round cake pan, pour mixture into pan and bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until set.
  • Cool completely on wire rack.
  • Cake can be frozen for later use.

Notes

Best served warm with bing cherries and ice cream!
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