Cakes

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by Margies3

HELP!!! I am in the middle of making this cake to take to our Fellowship Dinner in 1/2 hour. but I need to know - do you cook this topping or just mix it together and pour it over everything???? If you do cook it, how long??

If it were me Margie, I would cook it just long enough for the sugar to disolve...jmo

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Margies3

HELP!!! I am in the middle of making this cake to take to our Fellowship Dinner in 1/2 hour. but I need to know - do you cook this topping or just mix it together and pour it over everything???? If you do cook it, how long??

Oh dear, I didn't see you post.

How did it turn out?

[Margies3]

It turned out awesome, Esther. VERY good.

I did cook it just a little bit. Is that what I was supposed to do?

The other thing I found was that I had about twice as much of the syrup stuff as the cake could absorb. So next time, I will either make the cake in a regular cake pan and then pour all the syrup over it, or else, if I make it in a bundt cake pan again, I will make 1/2 as much syrup.

[Esther]

Pina Colada Trifle


1 box pineapple cake mix
½ c oil
2 – 6oz lemon yogurt (or pina colada)
3 eggs
2 large tubs of cool whip
1 ½cups marshmallow cream (large jar)
2 cans crushed pineapple in juice…do not drain
1 cup shredded coconut
2/3 cup halved maraschino cherries
¼ cup toasted coconut to garnish
2 tsp rum extract or pineapple


Instructions

Large mixing bowl take cake mix, oil, yogurt, eggs, beat on low for 30 secs. Put on medium high and beat for 2 minutes.

Pour into greased/floured 9x13 pan.

Bake 350 until done.

Large bowl…add cool whip, rum extract, gently fold in marshmallow cream, crushed pineapple in own juice.

When cake is cool cut into 1” squares. Layer ½ cake in trifle bowl and half of your cool whip mixture and half of your cherries and coconut. And repeat.

Sprinkle top with toasted coconut.

Seal with saran wrap and chill for at least 3 hours and best overnight.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by Margies3

It turned out awesome, Esther. VERY good.

I did cook it just a little bit. Is that what I was supposed to do?

The other thing I found was that I had about twice as much of the syrup stuff as the cake could absorb. So next time, I will either make the cake in a regular cake pan and then pour all the syrup over it, or else, if I make it in a bundt cake pan again, I will make 1/2 as much syrup.

No need to cook.

I just posted another recipe from my SIL, she is the one that gave me the other recipe. It sounds wonderful as well.

[rgcraig]

I made this for a church picnic - 46 cupcakes!

[Esther]

Posted by Renda on another thread.

Turtle Cake

12 servings 1¼ hours 15 min prep

1 (14 ounce) bag caramels
5 ounces evaporated milk
1 box German chocolate cake mix, with pudding (the one that uses oil)
3/4 cup butter, room temp
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups pecans, chopped

Heat oven to 350*.
Line 13x9 pan with foil and lightly grease the foil.
In small saucepan, slowly heat caramels and milk stirring until melted.
Prepare cake, using only 1/2 the oil called for.
Beat on low 1 minute, add butter, beat on hi 2 minutes.
Spread 1/2 the batter in pan.
Bake for 13 minutes.
Pour caramel mix over cake; spread to edges.
Sprinkle with 1 cup choc chips and 1 cup pecans.
Spoon remaining batter over; spread to edges.
Bake for 40 minutes or until cake puffs up around the sides of pan and springs back when touched.
Set the cake on a wire rack to cool.
Melt remaining choc chips; spread over cooled cake; sprinkle with remaining pecans.

[Trouvere]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I made this for a church picnic - 46 cupcakes!

Sister Renda
every year the church has a we are family picnic.I am going to do the cupcake thing.The children would love this and it wouldn't be as mess
for them.Great idea! I have seen some at Walmart but I like to make my
cupcakes.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

German Chocolate Upside Down Cake
(Earthquake Cake)

Grease 9 x 13 pan. Preheat oven to 350°

Melt 1 stick butter
1 cup coconut
2 cups chopped pecans
Mix together - press in bottom of pan.

Mix German Chocolate cake mix according to directions - pour over mixture.

Cream together:
1 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1 box powdered sugar
1/4 cup evaporate milk
1 stick butter, melted
drizzle over cake mix

Bake 40-45 minutes. Cake mix will work its way over the cream cheese mixture so that it’s in the middle. Turn upside down when you serve.

Just put this cake in the oven for a birthday party in my dept. tomorrow - - it seems soooooo good!

[Barb]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I made this for a church picnic - 46 cupcakes!

This may be a dumb question, but do you leave the cupcake in the little cupcake thingy?!