Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Baby shower cake recipes?

Strawberry Creme Cake





Recipe Summary


Difficulty: Easy


Prep Time: 20 minutes


Cook Time: 25 minutes


Yield: 8 to 10 servings





Cake:


Butter, for greasing pans


Flour, for flouring pans


1 (18.25-ounce) box strawberry cake mix


1 (11.5-ounce) can strawberry nectar


3 eggs


1/4 cup vegetable oil


Filling and Frosting:


1 pound fresh strawberries, cleaned


1 cup strawberry jam, divided


1 (16-ounce) container strawberry frosting








Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.


Butter and flour 2 (9-inch) round cake pans. Combine cake mix, nectar, eggs, and oil in large bowl. Beat with a hand mixer for 2 minutes, or until well blended. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on cooling racks for 20 minutes. Invert cakes onto cooling rack and cool completely.





Thinly slice enough strawberries to yield 1 1/4 cups. Using a serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half, forming 4 layers in total. Place 1 cake layer, cut side down, on a serving platter. Spread 1/3 cup jam over top of cake layer. Arrange 1/4 cup of sliced strawberries in a single layer atop jam. Top with second cake layer, cut side down. Repeat layering with jam and sliced strawberries. Top with third cake layer, cut side down. Repeat layering with jam and sliced strawberries. Top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. Spread frosting evenly over top and sides of cake to coat completely. Arrange remaining 1/2 cup sliced strawberries and 1 whole strawberry decoratively atop cake. Refrigerate cake for 40 minutes. Serve cake with remaining whole strawberries.





Birthday Stage Cake





Recipe Summary


Difficulty: Easy


Prep Time: 45 minutes


Inactive Prep Time: 1 hour 20 minutes


Cook Time: 40 minutes


Yield: 15 to 20 servings





2 (18.25 ounces) boxes strawberry cake mix (recommended: Pillsbury Moist Supreme)


2 2/3 cups water


1 cup vegetable oil


6 eggs


3/4 cup strawberry jam


2 (12-ounce) containers fluffy white, lemon, or strawberry frosting





Special Equipment:


Assorted circus-themed decorations


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.





Butter and flour 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with 2-inch high sides. Combine cake mixes, water, oil, and eggs in a very large bowl. Beat for 3 minutes, or until well blended. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake for 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cakes comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on cooling rack for 20 minutes. Invert cakes onto cooling rack and cool completely.





Cut 1 cake horizontally in half. Place top cake layer, cut side up, on serving platter. Spread 1/2 cup of jam over cake layer. Top with bottom cake layer, cut side down. Cut second cake vertically in half, forming 2 half-circle pieces. Spread remaining jam over top of 1 half-circle cake, Top with second half-circle cake. Place stacked half-circle cakes on top cake on platter. Spread entire cake with frosting to coat completely. Arrange purchased decorations on cake to resemble circus stage.Baby shower cake recipes?
Baby Shower Cake


Girl or boy? Make this pink and blue cake for the next baby shower, or make it to give as a gift.





1 box Betty Crocker庐 SuperMoist庐 white cake mix


1 1/4 cups water


1/3 cup vegetable oil


3 egg whites


Red and blue food colors


1 1/2 containers Betty Crocker庐 Rich %26amp; Creamy vanilla frosting








1. Heat oven to 350潞F. Grease bottoms only of three 8- or 9-inch round pans with shortening or spray lightly with cooking spray.


2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour 1 1/2 cups of the batter into small bowl. Pour another 1 1/2 cups of the batter into one of the pans.


3. Stir 6 to 10 drops red food color into batter in small bowl. Stir 6 to 10 drops blue food color into batter in large bowl. Pour pink batter into another pan; pour blue batter into remaining pan. (If necessary, refrigerate 1 pan of batter until ready to bake.)


4. Bake 15 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.


5. Brush crumbs off cake. Place blue layer, top side down, on plate. Spread 1/3 cup frosting on blue layer almost to edge. Place white layer, top side down, on frosted layer. Spread 1/3 cup frosting on white layer almost to edge. Place pink layer, top side up, on frosted layer. Frost side and top of cake with frosting. Store loosely covered.

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