Almond Butter Christmas Cake

Ingredients:

• 3 cup - Cake Flour (sifted)
• 3 tsp - Baking Powder
• ½ tsp - Salt
• ¾ cup - Butter or shortening
• 1 ½ cup - Sugar
• 3 - Eggs
• ½ cup - Almonds (finely chopped)
• ½ cup - Raisins (finely cut)
• 1 cup - Milk
• 1 tsp - Vanilla
• Lemon Butter Frosting
• Things to decorate with

Method:

1. Sift flour once.
2. Add baking powder and salt to it and sift together thrice.
3. Cream butter thoroughly while adding sugar gradually until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly.
5. Add nuts and raisins and beat well.
6. Add flour, alternately with small amount of milk, beating after each addition until smooth.
7. Add vanilla.
8. Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans at 375 oF for 25 minutes.
9. Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
10. Decorate top of cake with wreath of holly, maraschino cherries or red cinnamon candies can be used as berries and slices of angelica or citron can be used as leaves and stems.
11. Alternatively, decorate with poinsettias made of candied cherries. Slice cherries in rings, cut rings in half, and arrange to form petals of poinsettias.

White Christmas Cake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup water
• 4 ounces white confectioners coating or vanilla chips
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans

FROSTING:

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk

How to prepare White Christmas Cake:

1. In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in confectionery coating until melted. Cool for 20 minutes.

2.Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.Add egg yolks; mix well. Beat in coating and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.Mix well.

3.Stir in the coconut and pecans. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into the batter. Pour into three greased and floured 8-in. square baking pans.

4.Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.

5.Combine frosting ingredients in a mixing bowl; beat well. Frost tops of two layers; stack on serving plate with plain layer on top. Frost top and sides of cake

Coca-Cola Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Coca-Cola
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
• Coca-Cola Frosting
• Garnish: 3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted

How ro prepare Coca-Cola Cake:

1.Combine Coca-Cola and buttermilk; set aside.

2.Beat butter at low speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar; beat until blended. Add egg and vanilla; beat at low speed until blended.

3.Combine flour, cocoa, and soda. Add to butter mixture alternately with cola mixture; begin and end with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended.

4.Stir in marshmallows. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan.

5.Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes.

6.Pour Coca-Cola Frosting over warm cake.Garnish, if desired.

CupCake

Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 large eggs

How to prepare Cupcake :

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.

2.Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add shortening, milk, and vanilla. Beat for 1 minute on medium speed. Scrape side of bowl with a spatula.Add eggs to the mixture. Beat for 1 minute on medium speed. Scrape bowl again. Beat on high speed for 1 minute 30 seconds until well mixed.

3.Spoon cupcake batter into paper liners until 1/2 to 2/3 full.

4.Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in pans then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely.

5.Once cupcakes are completely cooled, frost with your favorite frosting recipe or decorate as you desire.

Coconut cake

Ingredients:

• 230 g butter
• 350 g sugar
• 5 medium eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 240 ml buttermilk
• 1 tsp coconut flavoring or almond extract
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 150 g coconut, grated

How to prepare Coconut Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
2. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth, about 5-8 minutes. Then add eggs, beating wellafter each addition.
3. In another bowl sift together dry ingredients. Then mix with creamed mixture alternately withbuttermilk. Mix well and stir in vanilla and coconut flavoring.
4. Pour batter into greased and floured cake pans. Bake for about 25 minutes.
5. Cool and then frost with your favorite basic frosting and sprinkle with coconut.

Banana Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup mashed bananas
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (6 oz. pckg. semi sweet chocolate chips)
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

How to prepare Banana Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease the pans well
3. Combine sugar, butter, eggs and mix well;Stir in buttermilk, bananas, and vanilla; blend well.
4. Stir in flour oats baking soda and salt; mix well. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Spread the batter in pans and sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired. You can also add the nuts to the batter.
6. Divide the batter evenly between the pans. Smooth the batter level, then spread it slightly from the center to the edges.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or just until the tops are springy or a cake tester comes out clean.
8. Cool the cakes in their pans on a rack for 10 minutes. Then invert onto racks.

Pumpkin cake

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup of sugar
• 3/4 cup mashed pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup of flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

How to prepare Pumpkin cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Beat eggs at high speed until they are foamy.
3. Add sugar a little bit at a time beating in between sugar additions.
4. Beat until thick and pale.
5. Combine the flour and the remaining ingredients.
6. Add to pumpkin mixture
7. Mix well
8. Pour into cake pan.
9. Bake for 20 minutes