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Caramel Chocolate Chocolate Chip # Cake

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Made this cake for a friend this week and it was such a hit. Several friends have ask for the recipe when they saw the picture on FB so here it is. It is easy and so yummy. Also, a friend of mine told me the other day that she didn’t understand how my cupcakes were always so soft and moist. The secret is, keep them in the refrigerator (covered) until about an hour before serving them.

1 Duncan Hines Chocolate Fudge cake mix
1 small package instant vanilla or cheesecake flavored pudding mix
4 eggs at room temperature
1 1/4 cups water
1/2 cup oil
1 cup chocolate chips

Mix all ingredients except chocolate chips. Beat on high for 2 minutes and then stir in the chocolate chips. Pour into greased and sugared bundt pan. (yes, I use sugar instead of flour for pound cakes, as it adds a nice crunchy texture to the outside of the cake)
Bake in preheated 350 degree oven until cake tests done. I take it out when there is still little shine to the top of the cake. IT will continue to “bake” for a few minutes after removing from oven, so that way, the chocolate cake doesn’t get to dry.

When cool, turn upside down and remove the cake from the pan onto a serving platter.

Using a good brand of caramel ice cream topping, place about 1/2 cup of caramel in the microwave oven for about 12 seconds. Drizzle the caramel over the cake. Then when it has set for a few minutes, Drizzle some of the chocolate frosting glaze over the cake in-between the caramel drizzles. Sprinkle more chocolate chips if desired onto the top of the cake.
Any left over caramel and chelate frosting can be poured in to the center of the cake so that will give you more yumminess when you cut the slices to pour over each serving of cake.

Chocolate Drizzle
1/4 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup whipping cream or milk (add gradually as you might not need all of this)
1 teas vanilla

Add all ingredients together and beat on high until no more lumps from the powdered sugar remain. Add the whipping cream or milk gradually until texture is a good consistency to drizzle over the cake. If desired, you can put into microwave after you have mixed all ingredients together, for about 10 seconds to thin and make it easier to drizzle over and downs the sides of the cake.

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Easy & Quick Coconut Cake

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We got home from church and since Randy is needing to work overtime on the weekend, I decided that I would bake, while he worked. When I ask him what he was in the mood for, he said anything but chocolate since sometimes eating chocolate in the evenings keeps him from sleeping well. We had talked today about him needing a phone because the hand me down he got from me last year (for me to get a new phone with more memory) is acting up, so between me looking at recipes and new phones on the internet, I also was looking at puppies, since we do want to get another doggie when we end up moving to a new place. I was on a web site that had teacup yorkies when Randy walked in to ask what I had decided to bake. Before answering him, I showed him the cutest little yorkie with a pink bow in her hair and looked at him with puppy dog eyes that immediately told him I found an adorable yorkie. He looked at it and said, “how much does that cute little thing cost?” When I responded that she cost about $3000, he looked at me and said, “$3000? I wouldn’t even pay that for you.” I think this sheltering in place is beginning to show its ugly face. And please don’t write and tell me I’m awful for spending that much money on a dog when they have so many in shelters. We would NEVER pay that much for a dog or anything close to that. I just have fun looking at pictures of cute puppies. So now back to the cake. Going to the pantry to see what I had, I discovered I had the necessary ingredients to make a coconut cake. It ended up so moist and yummy and will have it to snack on for a couple of days. I use a small bundt pan that allows me to make two so I can put one in the freezer for another time. Picture is of the two small cake pans I used

Ingredients:
1 Duncan Hines White Cake Mix
1 (small 3.4 oz) box of coconut instant pudding mix
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1/3 cup veggie oil
1 teas coconut extract
1/2 teas almond extract
1 cup of sweetened shredded coconut

Blend all ingredients except the shredded coconut in a bowl and mix with electric mixer for about 2 minutes.Add coconut and using a spatula, mix well into batter. Pour into prepared baking pans. Use 2 (9″) baking pans, or 2 small bundt pans or 1 (9×13″) pan. Or you can make 24 cupcakes.
Bake in preheated 350 oven until cakes test done.

Frost with the following:

2 cups powdered sugar
1 stick (8 oz) softened butter
1 teas almond extract
1/2 cup coconut
Enough milk to get to spreading consistency. Add coconut and frost completely cooled cake.

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Vanilla-Brownie Ripple Pound Cake

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Just finished taking this out of the oven and have had 3 pieces. Delicious! Simple flavors which come together with a great taste of vanilla and the chocolate brownie ripple in each bite just makes a great dessert (Randy is already planning tonight to have a slice with Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla and hot fudge poured over the top). Perfect for that 10 a.m. snack with coffee. Taken from Southern Living March 2017.

Brownie Ripple Batter

6 tables unsalted butter

1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, coarsely chopped

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 large egg

1/4 teas vanilla extract

Pound Cake batter

2 cups flour

1/2 teas baking powder

1/2 teas kosher salt

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

2 tables vanilla bean paste or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

4 large eggs

1/2 cup sour cream

Preheat oven to 325.

Brownie Batter:

Lightly coat 9x5x3″ loaf pan with cooking spray or grease with butter. Combine butter and chocolate and melt in a microwave safe bowl for about 1 minute. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in sugar, flour, egg and vanilla and whisk until completely blended. Set aside.

Vanilla Cake Batter:

In a bowl, sift (or stir) together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl with mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. About 4 minutes. Beat in vanilla paste or extract. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in sour cream just until smooth.

Add flour mixture one-third at a time, mixing on low speed just until blended with the sugar mixture.

Spoon half of the pound cake batter into prepared loaf pan. Spoon the brownie batter over cake batter, covering the brownie layer with the remaining cake batter. Using the back of a spoon, smooth batter carefully until it covers the brownie batter.

Bake cake in middle of preheated oven until cake tests done when knife is inserted into middle of cake. About 1 hr and 30 minutes. (instructions said about an hour and 45 min, but mine did not take that long) If cake begins to brown to quickly before testing done, cover the top loosely with foil.

Cool cake in pan for about 30 minutes before removing to a platter. Slice and serve.

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Kentucky Butter Cake

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On Face Book this morning, this cake showed up and instantly I went to the fridge and took out butter to soften so I could make it later in the morning. All I can say is WOW…it is just amazing and you can make it in one bowl, which is always a plus. The glaze that oozes into the holes which you punch as soon as it comes out of the oven, just makes it even more delectable. Three different people have sampled it today, and if you could have seen the looks on their faces. This will be one of the cakes that I make through the holidays this year to sell.

Ingredients for Cake

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

4 eggs, room temperature

3 cups all purpose flour

1 teas baking powder

1/2 teas baking soda

2 teas vanilla

1 cup buttermilk

Ingredients for Glaze

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup butter

3 tables water

2 teas vanilla

Preheat oven to 325:

For cake, combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Beat for 3 minutes and pour into a greased and floured bundt pan. Bake until cake tests done. (depending on size of bundt pan, will depend on how long it bakes, I used a small bundt pan and 4 mini loaf pans, but if you use a typical size bundt, such as a 9 or 10 cup, it will need to bake about an hour).

Glaze

Combine the butter, water and vanilla in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved, but do not boil. (I added one teaspoon of the vanilla to the mixture while it was cooking and then added the last teas right before I poured the glaze over the cakes.)

Bake in 10″ bundt pan which you have greased and floured for 60-75 min depending on your oven.  I begin to check for doneness  after about 55 min. But test about every 3-4 min until cake tests done!

When cake comes out of the oven, punch holes with end of a stick, straw or small round handle. Pour glaze over the cake allowing to drip down into the holes. Let cake cool completely before removing out of pan.

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Mexican Chocolate Pound Cake

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This afternoon I thought I would hunt for a new chocolate cake recipe and came across this new one that I had not seen. Since we love the Texas Sheet with the teaspoon of cinnamon in it, this one should be one that will satisfy our chocolate fix tomorrow. I saw it online in “my recipes” and cannot wait to bake it tomorrow. Let me know if you have tried it and what you thought about the flavor.

recipe Photo by: Photo: Jim Franco; Styling: Leslie Siegel

Mexican Chocolate Pound Cake

We replicated the flavor profile of Mexican chocolate using semisweet chocolate and cinnamon. If you prefer to use Mexican chocolate, look for it with the hot drink mixes or on the Hispanic food aisle. This moist pound cake is equally delicious without the sauce.
  • Yield: Makes 16 servings
  • 1 (8-oz.) package semisweet chocolate baking squares, chopped*
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup chocolate syrup
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • Powdered sugar (optional)
  • Mexican Chocolate Sauce
  • Garnish: toasted sliced almonds

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 325°. Microwave chocolate baking squares in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute and 15 seconds or until chocolate is melted and smooth, stirring at 15-second intervals. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add granulated sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition. Stir in melted chocolate, chocolate syrup, and vanilla until smooth.

2. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch (14-cup) tube pan.

3. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and let cool completely (about 1 hour and 30 minutes). Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired. Serve with Mexican Chocolate Sauce. Garnish, if desired.

*2 (4.4-oz.) packages Mexican chocolate, chopped, may be substituted. Omit ground cinnamon.

Note: We tested with Nestle Abuelita Marqueta Mexican chocolate.

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The Joy of Chocolate

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This cook book…The Joy of Chocolate is the same one I talked about re: the chocolate buttermilk cake the other day.  Yesterday, I made this new chocolate-coffee pound cake. It is half gone already. I took some to 3 different friends and all of them have texted me saying that it is absolutely amazing. It is. so moist, a little dense, but the smooth flavor of coffee comes through beautifully. We will be making it again, soon.

1 cup cocoa powder

2 cups sifted all purpose flour

1/2 teas baking soda

1 teas salt

2 table instant coffee

3 sticks unsalted butter

3 cups sugar

2 teas vanilla

5 eggs, room temperature

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup water

Preheat oven to 325. Butter and flour a 10″ tube or bundt pan.

Sift together the flour, cocoa, coffee powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

Cream the butter in a separate mixing bowl until it is light and fluffy. Continue beating while adding the sugar gradually. Beat at high speed about 5 mn. Add the vanilla and the eggs, 1 at a time, beating briefly after each addition.

Mix in dry ingredients alternating with the liquid, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Scrape down the batter as needed in bowl.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake in the upper 3rd of the oven for 1 hr and 15-20 minutes, testing for doneness after an hour and 15 min. Let cake rest in the pan for 20 min before tuning out onto a platter. The cake will stay moist for days, but trust me, it won’t last more than 2….

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Sweet Potato Pound Cake

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If you are like any typical mom who has trouble getting veggies down your little darling’s throats, try this cake. It is full of sweet potatoes, but they will never know it. So when you are spending the afternoon with a grandchild or trying to figure out what to have for dinner that is good for the family, try this cake. Never mind that it has cream cheese, sugar and eggs included. Just focus on the sweet potatoes that are in it and don’t worry about the other stuff. The good will outweigh the bad, ha…..This is from the Nov, 2011 Southern Living…Goes great with a Chai Latte for an afternoon snack…

1 (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 1/2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes

3 cups flour

2 teas baking powder

1 teas baking soda

1/4 teas salt

1 teas ground cinnamon

1 teas vanilla

Preheat oven to 350. Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with a mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Add sweet potatoes and beat well.

Stir together flour, next 3 ingredients and cinnamon in a bowl. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10″ tube pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 10 min or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

You can bake this cake in 2 greased and floured 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 ” loaf pans instead. Bake and cool but your baking time will be less. Test for doneness after about 40 min…..