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Butterfinger Candy Birthday Cake

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My son is crazy about Butterfinger candy so I made him a cake themed around the sweet. The chocolate cake is my absolute fave from the back of the Hershey’s Cocoa container, Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake, with a chocolate ganache frosting and a butterscotch butter cream filling. The topping: crushed Butterfinger candy bar. Sinfully good. [...]

June 29, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Chocolate Frosting and Vanilla Cake Recipe

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I have been baking my little heart out in search of a scrumptious vanilla cake recipe. Think I found it! After much research and much more trial and tribulation, I went with a type of genoise preparation to give this cake a light yet moist texture that epitomizes a traditional American yellow cake. What is “genoise,” you [...]

June 27, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Coconut Buttercream Frosting

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I have been whipping up a cake and butter cream storm in my kitchen of late. You see, I’ve been trying to perfect a yellow or vanilla cake recipe as my chocolate cake recipe rules! (Actually it’s Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe, but I can still take a teeny bit of credit for its successful [...]

June 20, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Christmas Holiday Fruit Cake with Egg Nog Glaze

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This fruitcake is perfect for the holidays due to the ample amount of spirit in the recipe! My mother receives an Irish Whiskey cake every Christmas from some saucy relative.  The cake is wrapped in a whiskey-soaked cloth and packed in a round tin.  Intrigued by this annual sophisticated gift, I pry off the lid of [...]

December 1, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Screwdriver Bundt Cake

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A moist Bundt cake with one of Americas best loved cocktails, the screwdriver, this cake is a real winner!   I like to apply a double coating of glaze to this cake as it looks better and gives it an extra punch.  This cake would be appropriately served following lunch or on a brunch buffet. 1 [...]

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