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Rainbow Cake in a Jar. I’ve always had a penchant for sunshine in a jar.

Rainbow Cake in a Jar

Doesn’t the very phrase itself, “sunshine in a jar,” roll off your tongue and fill your mouth with magic? While I’ve never yet found myself a sunshine in a jar, I think we may have just concocted it in our kitchen tonight. In this simple recipe, a basic white cake is turned into a slew of bright colors, baked to perfection, then topped with a creamy white frosting. Cakes baked in jars can be topped with traditional metal canning lids and stored in the fridge for up to five days. They make a great treat to ship to someone, so long as you can ensure delivery to it’s final destination within 3 days. Rainbow Cake in Jar 1 box white cake mix made according to package instructionsNeon food coloring in pink, yellow, green, turquoise, and purple3 one-pint canning jars1 can vanilla frostingRainbow sprinkles Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Scoop about 1/2 cups of cake batter into five small bowls. Chocolate Malted & Toasted-Marshmallow Layer Cake - Semisweetie, A geeky baking and recipe blog. Recipe: Sweetapolita's Campfire Delight Total time: 4 hours Ease: Intermediate Unusual ingredients: malted milk powder, whipping cream, marshmallows, marshmallow fluff, unsweetened cocoa powder, coffee Marshmallows.

Chocolate Malted & Toasted-Marshmallow Layer Cake - Semisweetie, A geeky baking and recipe blog

Malt. Heavenly moist chocolate cake. Thus was my Saturday. I knew this was going to be a time investment. The cakes themselves were perfect. Toasting the marshmallows was easy in the oven, but when I added them to the mixture of fluff, butter and icing sugar, things got quite a bit messy! The chocolate malted frosting is absolutely delightful. Related Posts: Fluffy Vanilla Cake with Whipped Vanilla Bean Frosting. 8640 minutes, 144 hours, 25 loads of dishes, 7 recipes, 8 pounds of butter, a few tears, a couple of happy children, and 1 relieved husband later, I have finally found it: a new favourite classic vanilla cake recipe!

Fluffy Vanilla Cake with Whipped Vanilla Bean Frosting

The perfect fluffy vanilla cake and creamy vanilla frosting–sounds simple, right? Well, yes and no. Or no and yes. Or not at all. As a matter of fact, I think I need a hug. After I baked, frosted, and then ate some (it’s been known to happen) of each cake, I thought I’d succeeded in finding a really light and fluffy cake, but, then upon second taste, I was a bit disappointed with them and I wasn’t inspired to share them with you for that reason. The thing is, I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a recipe out there that yields a fluffy vanilla cake, you know, one that is as close as can be to the boxed white cake we all love so much (yep, I said it!).

This method is found in many of the cakes in Rose Levy Beranbaum’s book entitled The Cake Bible Transporting Cakes 1. . 2. Mingmakescupcakes.yolasite. Chocolate Nutella Cupcakes. Welcome to 52 Kitchen Adventures, your source for creative & delicious desserts!

Chocolate Nutella Cupcakes

See my Recipe Index for more. Don't want to miss another recipe? Subscribe via RSS or email. Hey, remember when I said I’d be posting healthy recipes in July? Ha! These cupcakes were made in honor of my 300th Facebook fan, Rachel. I took the “better than sex” chocolate cupcakes (think moist, very chocolatey cake) and topped them with my own Nutella buttercream.

Thank you to all my fans, subscribers, supporters, and readers. Recipe: “Better than Sex” Chocolate Nutella Cupcakes Makes 15-16 cupcakes Edited to add: some people rave about this recipe, yet some have issues with them deflating. 1/2 C butter, room temperature1 1/4 C sugar2 large eggs, room temperature3/4 C flour1/2 t baking powder1/4 t baking soda1/4 t salt1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder1/2 C milk1 t vanilla Preheat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl, beat butter until softened and smooth. Nutella Buttercream Beat butter until smooth.