Chocolate & Caramel Layer Cake. Pistachio Cake with Honey-Vanilla Frosting. So my birthday was last week (the big 29!)
, and my wonderful mother-in-law offered to keep Caroline for the afternoon so I could have the day to myself. The way I saw it, I had 3 options: take a nap, go shopping, or bake a cake. After much debate, I ended up baking a cake. I'd had my eye on this pistachio cake from Baked: Explorations for quite some time, and since I had everything on hand, I was set to go. The cake itself is a little more complicated than a standard layer cake, but not overly so. The real star of this cake however, is the frosting. Not only was this cake fun to make, it was delicious as well. In the bowl of food processor, pulse the pistachios until they are coarsely chopped.
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and shortening on medium speed until creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. In a measuring cup, make 1 1/2 cups ice water. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form (You can do this by hand. Coconut Layer Cake. That Chocolate Cake. I suffer from a little something that I like to call 'The Baker's Curse.' (Don't worry--it's far from lethal.
;-P) The Baker's Curse is when you're the designated baker in your circle of friends, and you make everyone birthday cakes for their birthdays (and wedding cakes for their weddings, and so on), but no one ever--and I mean ever--bakes *you* a cake for *your* birthday. I'm sure many of you out there are familiar with this affliction. Everyone seems to get so flustered and worked up with the misconceived insecurity that no cake they bake, they think, could ever possibly live up to your standards, but what they don't all realize is that it's not really the cake that counts as it is the thought.
So this year, for my birthday, I'm determined to escape the Baker's Curse, and to do so, I've enlisted the help of the awesome, awesome folks at Rosanna, Inc. Here's the deal. Root Beer Float Cake. Root beer floats.
Cake. Root beer float cake. Totally genius. And so delicious. I adore root beer floats. Given my love for root beer floats, you’d think I could remember the last time I actually had one, but I can’t. There is a whopping 2 cups of root beer used in the batter for this cake, and another ¼ cup is used in the frosting, so you definitely get the root beer flavor. After having made Guinness chocolate cupcakes and Guinness chocolate ice cream for St. The other thing you have to do is serve this cake with vanilla ice cream. I’m pretty sure that this is the perfect summer dessert. P.S. One year ago: Blackberry Pie BarsTwo years ago: Greek Celebration Bread – ChristopsomosThree years ago: Buttermilk Pancakes. Angel Cake. June 15, 2011 | Sweet Recipes | Comments Growing up I loved Angel Food Cake… My grandma always had one in her kitchen and I would eat it with chocolate whipped cream!
Zan is also a huge fan of Angel Cake, so I thought I would mix things up a bit and add some ice cream, whipped cream and fresh peaches to it. Wow, it looks a little messy, but it’s sure tasty!! The Angel Cake turned out fluffy and cooked to perfection and the ice cream in the middle added so much flavor. You can use any kind of ice cream or fruit you want! Angel Cake Ingredients 8 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1 cup super fine bakers sugar 3/4 cup cake flour (comes in a red box) 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/8 teaspoon salt Directions 1. Pink Lemonade Layer Cake.