Birthday contest Day #14 - Favorite Birthday Cake (CLOSED)

Dear Crushers,

Continuing our celebrations for our 14th year since we started we are now ready for cake!

THIS IS OUR CONTEST FOR DAY #14
Each "daily" contest may last more than one day (the planned end date is shown above), and generally will depend on when I can get to judging / drawing winners. So, feel free to continue replying to any contest where winners have not yet been announced and you might be lucky wink

This contest idea was from win4maw who won a reward prize in our November "Help Us Prepare" contest ...

TELL US YOUR FAVORITE BIRTHDAY CAKE AND SHARE A RECIPE

How will Winner(s) will be determined?

There will be 2 prizes, 1 x $5 for 500 CCpoints for what I judge to be the best sounding answer (with recipe) and 1 x $1 for 100 CCpoints randomly drawn from all eligible replies.

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:39 am (No subject)

Dump Cake

This is one of my favorite cakes to make because it is so easy and delicious.
You can change it up and use a chocolate cake mix or different fruit or add nuts, etc, It is also a great recipe to start with when you want to teach the young ones to bake. I think it's best warm out of the oven with ice cream.

1(21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
1(20 ounce) can pineapple chunks or 1 can pineapple tidbits
1(18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
1 cup melted butter

Directions
Dump and spread the cherry filling in a 9x13 pan then dump the pineapple with the juice on top evenly (DO NOT MIX TOGETHER) then dump the yellow cake mix on top evenly.
(DON'T STIR TOGETHER).
Then pour the melted butter on top slowly to cover it evenly.
Bake for an about 50-60 minutes at 350F until done.

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:38 am (No subject)

My all time favorite birthday cake is German Chocolate Cake
INGREDIENTS
4 ounces German sweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup water
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
FROSTING:
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups evaporated milk
3/4 cup butter
5 large egg yolks, beaten
2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
ICING:
1 teaspoon shortening
2 ounces semisweet chocolate

DIRECTIONS
1. Line three greased 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper. Grease
waxed paper and set aside. In small saucepan, melt chocolate with water
over low heat; cool.
2. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light
and fluffy. Beat in 4 egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each
addition. Blend in melted chocolate and vanilla. Combine flour, baking
soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk,
beating well after each addition.
3. In a small bowl and with clean beaters, beat the 4 egg whites until stiff
peaks form. Fold a fourth of the egg whites into creamed mixture; fold in
remaining whites.
4. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 24-28 minutes or until a toothpick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing
from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
5. For frosting, in a small saucepan, heat sugar, milk, butter and egg yolks
over medium-low heat until mixture is thickened and golden brown,
stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in coconut, pecans and vanilla
extract. Cool until thick enough to spread. Spread a third of the frosting
over each cake layer and stack the layers.
6. In a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle
over cake. Yield: 12 servings.
Happy Birthday

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:45 pm (No subject)

The best Birthday cake is my favorite Tiramisu Toffee cake , try it and you would love it too !
Ingredients :

1 package (18-1/4 ounces) white cake mix
1 cup strong brewed coffee, room temperature
4 egg whites
4 Heath candy bars (1.4 ounces each), chopped

For the frosting :

4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup chocolate syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups whipping cream
6 tablespoons strong brewed coffee, room temperature
1 candy bar of your choice (1.4 ounces), chopped

Preparations :

Line two greased 9-in. round baking pans with waxed paper and grease the paper; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat the cake mix, coffee and egg whites on low speed until moistened. Beat on high for 2 minutes. Fold in chopped candy bars. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. When cool, split each cake into two horizontal layers.
For frosting, in a chilled mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in chocolate syrup and vanilla. Add the whipping cream. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Place one cake layer on a serving plate; drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the coffee. Spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Repeat twice. Top with fourth cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Refrigerate overnight. Garnish with chopped candy bar. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 12-14 servings

Enjoy !!

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:48 pm (No subject)

My favorite cake is Chocolate Fudge Cake.
This recipe is not too difficult and is very delicious!

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup hot water

Icing
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk
1lb box confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup nuts

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Sift together flour sugar and salt.
-Set aside.
-In separate bowl beat eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla.
set aside.
-In a saucepan bring butter, cocoa and water to a boil.
-Combine 3 mixtures and mix till blended.
-Pour into a greased 9 x 13" pan.
-Bake 25 minutes at 350F degrees.

Icing
-Make icing while cake is baking.
-Bring butter, cocoa and milk to a boil.
pour over sugar.
-Mix well.
-Add vanilla and nuts.
-Pour over cake while its hot.

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 6:28 pm (No subject)

While it's not a traditional cake, I simply love a Cream Puff Cake and will make one for almost every special occasion. It's not all that difficult to make.

1 cup water
1 stick butter
1 cup flour
4 eggs

3 small boxes INSTANT vanilla pudding
or white chocolate pudding
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
4 cups milk

Cool Whip (8 oz.)
Chocolate Syrup

Preparation:
Boil water and butter. Add flour and stir until well mixed. Cool for 2 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan, spread dough evenly and bake at 400 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. The 'shell' will sort of climb up the sides of the pan. Allow shell to cool completely.

Whip the Cream cheese and add a small amount of milk at a time. Mix 3 boxes of pudding with the cream cheese and milk. Pour into crust, top with Cool Whip and drizzle with chocolate syrup.

Notes:
Spread dough with spatula or spoon coated with cooking spray

KEEP REFRIGERATED

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:24 pm (No subject)

I AM GOING TO TRY THAT DUMP CAKE WEBDEB TY , SOUNDS YUMMIE & NONO THAT CREAM PUFF CAKE SOUNDS OUT OF THIS WORLD. YUMMMM. I WANT CAKE NOW...LOL Smile

Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:48 pm (No subject)

My favorite cake is PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Place either crushed pineapple drained or pineapple slices in the bottom of a cast iron skillet. You can put maraschino cherries in the center of the slices or randomly on the crushed pineapple. Put some brown sugar on top of the pineapples.
Use a box of white cake mix. Pineapple juice can be substituted for the liquid. Put the mix on top of the pineapple and bake per directions for the cake mix. Let cool for a little and then turn out onto a plate.
You can use whip cream if you want on it

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASINO CRUSH Enjoy

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:41 pm (No subject)

Dear Crushers,

Thank you for your recipes ... I've printed them off and will ask Viki if she fancies trying them out on me .... first off I will be asking her to make the one that appeals to me the most from reading it ... Chocolate Fudge Cake Smile

So, my chosen winner is
gjr1961 - $5 for 500 CCpoints

I was to randomly draw 1 x $1 winner but actually will credit all those that posted a recipe Smile

dbonkers - $1 for 100 CCpoints
kaska321 - $1 for 100 CCpoints
NonoNanette - $1 for 100 CCpoints
webdeb - $1 for 100 CCpoints
win4maw - $1 for 100 CCpoints

Thank you all - I will let you know when I get to try them (will probably take me through next year lol).

Happy Gaming Always,

Geno/CC