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Showing posts with label cakes. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
2/3 cup oil
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cups brown sugar

TOPPING:
1/2 cups brown sugar
1 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 tbsp cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 9 inch deep dish baking pan/stone with cooking spray.
Mix together all ingredients for cake until batter is smooth. Pour into stone.
In another bowl, mix together ingredients for topping, until well crumbled. Sprinkle over cake.
Bake35-40 minutes or until toothpick stuck in middle comes out clean.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Red Velvet Cake

I know it's not Christmas time yet, but this was requested. Enjoy!

1 2/3 cup sugar
4 tbsp shortening
1 egg white
1 egg
3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 oz bottle of red food coloring
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp white vinegar
1 tsp baking soda
2 tubs of cream cheese frosting, mixed with 1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Coat 2 9 inch cake pans in cooking spray.
Beat the sugar and shortening at medium speed of a mixer 5 minutes or until well-blended. Add egg white and egg; beat well. Combine cocoa and food coloring in a small bowl; stir well with a whisk. Add to sugar mixture; mix well.
Lightly spoon 2 1/4 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine with salt. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Add vanilla; mix well. Combine vinegar and baking soda in a small bowl; add to batter, mixing well.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350° for 28 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
Ice with cream cheese frosting. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Friday, May 30, 2008

Apple coffee cake

Can you guys tell I'm trying to find recipes for fruit, before it goes bad?
PS- I LOVE hearing from people who have tried the recipes I post. It helps me to know that I'm helping someone. I also take requests! If you haven't posted a comment yet, please feel free to! I enjoy hearing from you!

Cake:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3 tsp baking powder
3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups milk
4 tbsp butter, melted
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups apples, chopped (I used red delicious apples)
cooking spray

Streusel:
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tbsp chilled butter

Preheat oven to 350.
To prepare cake, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. Make a well in center of mixture. Combine milk, melted butter, vanilla, and egg, stirring with a whisk; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in apple. Pour batter into an 9x13-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
To prepare streusel, combine brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle streusel evenly over batter. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack before serving. Serve warm.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Cinnamon crumb cake

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chilled stick margarine or butter, cut into small pieces
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
Cooking spray


Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl, and cut in margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Reserve 1/2 cup flour mixture for topping, and set aside.

Combine remaining flour mixture, baking powder, and baking soda, and add the buttermilk, vanilla, and egg. Beat at medium speed of a mixer until blended. Spoon batter into an 9x13 in. pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle reserved 1/2 cup flour mixture over batter. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool on a wire rack.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Citrus Cream Cake


This turned out to be one of the absolute best cakes I have ever made! I substituted egg beaters for the eggs, applesauce for the oil, sugar free pudding mix, and used a large can of mandarin oranges. Even low fat, this was awesome!

Ingredients:
Cake:
1 box white or yellow cake mix
1 small box lemon pudding
1 cup fat free sour cream
3/4 cup egg beaters
3/4 cup applesauce
2 tbsp grated lemon peel
Frosting:
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 8oz tub whipped cream
1/3 cup fat free sour cream
Mandarin oranges for topping

Directions:
Mix together all ingredients for cake. Batter will be thick. Place in 2 9in cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for25-30 minutes until slightly browned, or until fork comes out clean.While cake is baking, mix together ingredients for icing until smooth.When cake is done baking, remove from oven and cool completely. Ice with icing, then add a layer of mandarin oranges before adding the top layer. Top with rest of oranges. Refrigerate until served.