Got any cake recipes?

I'm making a birthday cake this week, and I'm looking for a good cake recipe. I don't want to make a traditional birthday cake. I thought about making a Bananas Foster Cake or a cheesecake, but I haven't decided.





Any suggestions?...Got any cake recipes?
Devil Food Cake





1 cup Domino Granulated Sugar


戮 cup firmly packed Domino Light Brown Sugar


录 lb. (陆 cup) soft butter


3 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted


3 egg yolks


录 cup water


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


2 cups sifted cake flour


陆 teaspoon salt


1 teaspoon baking soda


1 cup milk


3 egg whites





Cream sugars and butter. Add melted chocolate. Beat yolks; add water and extract and blend. Gradually add yolk mixture to chocolate mixture; beat until light and fluffy. Sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Alternately add flour mixture and milk, blending well after each addition. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold into batter.





Turn into two greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans or one greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan. Bake layers or loaf in moderate oven 350掳F about 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly. Turn out on cooling rack. Yield: two 9 inch layers or one 13x9x2 loaf.





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Holiday Wreath Cake





2 extra-ripe large Dole Bananas, peeled


4 eggs, room temperature


1 陆 cups sugar


1 cup vegetable oil


录 cup Dole Pineapple Juice


1 teaspoon rum extract


3 cups flour


1 陆 teaspoons baking soda


1 陆 teaspoons baking powder


1 陆 ground cinnamon


陆 teaspoon salt


1 pkg. (8 oz.) Dole Chopped Dates


1 陆 cups Dole Chopped Almonds, roasted


1 cup Dole Raisins


Dole Sliced almonds (for garnishment)





Sugar Plum Glaze:


陆 cup Dole Prunes


录 cup Dole Pineapple Juice


1 cup powdered sugar





鈥?Puree bananas in blender (1 录 cups).


鈥?In large mixing bowl, beat eggs. Beat in sugar and oil.


鈥?Beat in bananas, pineapple juice and rum extract.


鈥?Combine dry ingredients. Beat into banana mixture. Stir in dates, chopped almonds and raisins


鈥?Turn batter into greased 10 inch bundt pan. Bake in 325掳F oven 65 to 75 minutes until pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes then gently loosen with a spatula and turn out onto wire rack.


鈥?Cool completely. Spread with glaze.


鈥?Garnish top of cake with sliced almonds. Serves 16.





Sugar Plum Glaze:


Process all ingredients in food processor until smooth.





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Butter Almond Cake with Blueberry Sauce





1 陆 cups sugar


戮 cup melted butter


2 eggs


1 tsp. almond extract


1 陆 tsps. vanilla


录 tsp. salt


1 陆 cups flour


3 tbls. sliced almonds for topping


1 tbl. Sugar for topping


Blueberry Sauce, recipe follows





鈥?Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


鈥?Grease and flour 9 inch round cake pan.


鈥?In bowl, whisk sugar and melted butter together. Beat in eggs.


鈥?Stir in almond and vanilla extracts


鈥?Add in salt and flour. Mix well.


鈥?Spread batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle almonds and sugar over the top.


鈥?Bake for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly. Carefully run a knife around edges to loosen and turn out onto rack. Invert onto serving dish. Cut into thin slices and op with Blueberry Sauce, if desired.





Blueberry Sauce





3 tbls. butter


1 陆 tbls. cornstarch


2/3 cup sugar


1/8 tsp. nutmeg


Pinch of salt


陆 cup water


2 to 3 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained well


Juice of 1 small lemon





鈥?In medium sauce pan, add butter and cornstarch. Add sugar, nutmeg, salt, and water. Stir constantly until well combined.


鈥?Add 1 to 1 陆 cups of blueberries. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and begins to boil. Sauce will get translucent. At that point, remove from heat.


鈥?Add fresh lemon juice and remainder o fresh berries. Stir and serve over cake, pan cakes or ice cream.





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Milky Way Candy Bar Cake





6 Milky Way candy bars


1 stick butter


2 sticks butter


2 cups sugar


4 eggs, well beaten


2 陆 cups flour


1 录 tsps. Baking soda


1 录 cups buttermilk


1 tsp. vanilla extract


1 cup chopped pecans





Melt candy bars and 1 stick butter in double boiler and let cool.





Cream 2 sticks and sugar. Add eggs and Milky Way and butter mixture.





Sift flour and soda. Add to Milky Way mixture and alternately with butter milk. Add vanilla and nuts.





Bake in three 9 inch pans at 250 degrees for about 1 hour, or until a pat on top bounce back a little. (The original recipe called for baking at 325 degrees or about 45-60 minutes but Crump finds that the heave batter rises better at a slower oven temperature.)





Icing:


2 陆 cups sugar


1 cup pet milk


1 stick butter


1 cup marshmallow cream


1 (6 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips


1 cup chopped pecans





Cook sugar and milk to softball stage (when a drop is dropped in cold water and softball forms). Remove from heat, add butter, marshmallow cream and chocolate chips. Stir until all have melted.





Add pecans and spread on cake.





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Hershey Sour Cream Chocolate Cake





3 blocks (3 oz.) Hershey Baking Chocolate


陆 cup butter or margarine


1 cup boiling water


2 cups light brown sugar, packed


2 cups all purpose flour


1 陆 tsp. baking soda


1 tsp. salt


2 eggs


陆 cup dairy sour cream


1 tsp. vanilla





Combine baking chocolate, butter or margarine and boiling water in a small bowl; stir until chocolate and butter or margarine is melted. Thoroughly combine brown sugar, flour, baking soda and salt in large mixer bowl. Gradually add chocolate mixture, beating until thoroughly combined. Blend eggs, sour cream and vanilla; beat one minute at medium speed. Pour into a greased and flour 13x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 35-40 minutes. Cool and frost.





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THis is a really easy to make and great tasting cake.





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Also, try it with 7 minute frosting





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I think you should make a chocolate cheesecake or an espresso cheesecake. (It does depend on how old the birthday person is. Little kids usually like regular cake. An adult will like cheesecake. Bananas foster is good, but can be hard to make.)
No Bake Cheesecake





Ingredients


1 package Cream cheese 8 oz


2 tblspoons Vanilla extract


1 container Cool Whip 8 oz


1 Graham cracker crust


1 cup Powdered sugar





Instructions


Mix first four ingredients together and pour into crust.


Add topping if you like.


Chill for 1 to 2 hours and enjoy.


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Type in Hummingbird cake recipe - this cake is delicious
go to www.foodnetwork.com go to the cheesecake factory or some other place that has good cakes. good luck!
flour milk and choclate mix up and cook and put some fuge on top that will be all you need .
Carrot Cake





2C all purpose flour


2C sugar


2 tsp baking soda


2 tsp cinnamon (or maybe a bit more; be generous)


1 tsp salt


1.25C vegetable oil


4 eggs


1 standard size bag of carrots (1lb?), grated


cream cheese frosting, to taste





Preheat the over to 350 degrees.


Prepare pans for baking (oil and flour, or baking cups). Personally, I usually make cupcakes -- one pan of 24 mini muffins and 6-12 full size muffins. Using three loaf pans is another good alternative; the recipe I started from recommends a bundt pan.


Sift all dry ingredients together.


Mix in the oil and then the eggs, one at a time. (I use my stand mixer, but this is not totally necessary.)


Finally, mix in the carrots. (I shred them in the food processor.)


Pour into pans and bake. My cupcakes normally take about 30 minutes. Loaf pans -- closer to 40. With a bundt pan, an hour is recommended. The toothpick test will tell you when they're done.





Cream Cheese Frosting





1/4 cup butter


1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature


1 pound confectioners' sugar, sifted


2 teaspoons vanilla extract





Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl; beat well until smooth. Makes enough cream cheese frosting for a 2-layer cake.