 Ahhhh summer. Warm summer nights, campfires, smores, friends, lightening bugs ... what's not to like?
I've been making smore cupcakes and cake for quite a few years and they are always a big hit. My very first attempt at a smore cake was for Ryan's 15th birthday. (That was a tiny little cake!)  Since then, I've perfected my smore cake baking skills so here goes..  All the delicious flavors of a smore without the sticky fingers. win-win  Smore's Cake 3 cups sugar 3 eggs 2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups milk 1 1/4 cup cocoa 3/4 cup oil 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder 3 teaspoons vanilla 2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 packages graham crackers 1/2 cup melted butter
Top with a layer of marshmallow meringue.
Top with final cake layer.  Continue to frost top and sides with remaining meringue. Toast lightly with a butane torch.  Sprinkle some graham cracker crumbs over the top and decorate with hersheys chocolate.
A smore you can eat with a fork - yum.
Ciao!
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  Ben walked through the kitchen while I was finishing up this fantastic looking cake and he asked what I was making. When I told him that it was a German Chocolate cake, he asked why it was "naked." I tried to explain that a traditional German chocolate cake did not have a frosting on the sides of the cake but rather an exposed coconut pecan filling oozing out between layers of rich chocolate cake. Not sure he appreciated the concept of leaving the sides of the cake unfrosted to expose all of the layers because he started to call it the "naked German." (Pretty sure that isn't politically correct.) From that point on, this cake was (and will forever be) referred to as the Naked German Cake in this house.
German Chocolate Cake Cake Filling 4 ounces chocolate 4 large egg yolks 1/4 cup cocoa 12 ounces evaporated milk 1/2 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1/4 cup brown sugar 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 6 Tablespoons butter 12 Tablespoons butter 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 2/3 cup brown sugar 2 1/3 cups shredded coconut 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup sour cream
Stir in pecans just before assembling the cake.
Start by placing one cake layer on a cake circle and topping with a spoonful of filling.  Repeat with remaining layers.
Naked German Cake - A chocolate cake oozing with coconut pecan gooey goodness - what more can I say?
Ciao!  My current passion - turning my favorite ice cream flavors into delicious, cakes. Any butter pecan fans out there? I think the name alone draws huge appeal. Anything with the name butter in it, has GOT to be good.
I've had this recipe for several years and I can honestly not remember where it came from originally. I converted it from a two layer cake to a three layer cake because let's face it, when it comes to cake, bigger is better.  Toasted Butter Pecan Cake 1 1/2 cups + 1/4 cup butter 4 1/2 cups flour 3 cups chopped pecans 3 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 6 eggs 1 1/2 cup milk 3 teaspoons vanilla
Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to mixture alternating with milk.
Press additional pecans into lower edge of cake and decorate with piped swirls and pecan halves on top of cake.
Now all of you butter pecan ice cream fans can enjoy your favorite treat even when the ice cream shop is closed. Enjoy friends.
Ciao!  I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Summer is here and that means - ice cream season! I'm not sure why but as soon as the thermometer reaches 80 degrees, I start to crave a cool, sweet treat. (Unfortunately for my waist, I live in a state where the temperatures are above 80 for 6 months out of the year.) I have 2 favorite ice cream flavors - coconut and mint chocolate chip. I translated my coconut obsession into a cake a few weeks ago and so I figured it was time to create my other favorite ice cream flavor into cake form.  Mint Chocolate Chip Cake 3 cups flour 1 1/2 Tablespoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 18 Tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 teaspoon mint extract 2 1/4 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups milk 8 egg whites
Cool 10 minutes on pan and then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Chocolate Buttercream 8 egg whites 2 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 3 cups butter 1 cup dark chocolate, melted
Repeat with remaining layers. Spread a thin layer of icing over the entire cake and refrigerate for 30 minutes.  Spread remaining buttercream on cake and gently press mini chocolate chips into sides of cake.
Now I've got double the mint chocolate chip temptation. It's not bad enough that I craved mint chocolate chip ice cream, now I'm going to be craving it in cake form too. (I'm in trouble.)
Ciao!  Do you like surprises? Cutting into this rainbow cake is like opening a birthday present - It's got a little surprise inside. The unassuming and simplistic exterior isn't indicative of the color packed rainbow creation that lies beneath its creamy surface. Slicing into this cake is the only way to reveal the spectrum of rainbow colored layers that of yummy goodness.  I love cakes like this. Tye Dye cakes, surprise cakes, rainbow cakes, they are perfect for girls birthday parties. It takes a little bit of extra prep work to get this cake prepped and assembled but it's totally worth a little bit of extra work to see the look on the birthday girls face when that first rainbow slice is removed from the cake. I used the almond white cake recipe for this cake and I made 2 nine inch round cakes so I tripled the recipe. To start, get out 6 large bowls, food coloring, (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple in my case) 6 butter knives and prep cake pans.
 Start by making the cake batter. I divided my batter BEFORE adding the beaten egg whites. I put approximately 2 cups of batter in each bowl. I went back and added 2 cups of egg whites to each bowl as well. 
Bake cakes for 22 minutes at 350. Cool cakes on wire racks. 
Start to layer cake with frosting between each layer.
Yea ... that looks pretty delicious. Cover the entire cake with a thin layer of frosting and refrigerate.  Spread remaining frosting over entire cake and decorate.  Ciao!
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