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Flourless Chocolate Quinoa Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Monday, April 03, 2017


If you're looking for a truly gluten free cake this is the one. It is so rich and dense you probably will struggle to finish your piece.


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Dutch Chocolate Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017


This is my standby chocolate cake. It is better than any box cake I've tasted and so far I haven't had any students make a mistake while making it...knock on wood!


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Gingerbread Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017


Yield: three 8 inch square pans of 16 pieces.

Ingredients

3 cups water
450 ml Molasses
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup room temperature unsalted butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ginger
1 Tbsp cinnamon
2 pinches ground cloves
2 Tbsp baking powder

Directions

  1. Bring water to a boil, remove from the heat and stir in the molasses and baking soda. Let cool until lukewarm
  2. Cream together brown sugar and butter. Then add eggs one at a time
  3. In a separate bowl mix together flour, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and baking powder
  4. Mix in alternately the flour mixture and water mixture into the butter mixture
  5. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again to remove any lumps
  6. Pour your cake batter into prepared cake pans (greased and floured sides with parchment paper on the bottom)
  7. Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350
  8. Serve with peach wedge and vanilla ice cream or whipped cream

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Regular Chocolate Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017


Yield: full slab, three 9×13 pans or 6 dozen cupcakes

Ingredients

6 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups margarine
1 1/2 cups cocoa
3 cups coffee (you can use instant coffee, make sure you dissolve it fully first)
6 cups flour
6 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 cups sour milk (sour milk = 3 cups regular milk + 3 Tbsp lemon juice)
6 eggs

Directions

  1. Cream together sugar & margarine
  2. Whisk together cocoa & coffee then add to the margarine mixture
  3. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda & salt. Then add to the previous mixture (this will become very thick).
  4. Add in sour milk & eggs a little at a time until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX.
  5. Pour your cake batter into prepared cake pans (greased and floured or parchment paper)
  6. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

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Red Velvet Cake

Posted in /Cooking/Desserts/Cake on Sunday, April 02, 2017


Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
2 Tablespoons unsweetened, cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil or canola
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1-2 oz. red food coloring, depends how deep you want the color
1 teaspoon of white distilled vinegar
1/2 cup of prepared plain hot coffee (don't skip this ingredient)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.
  4. Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.
  5. Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.
  6. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at time, mixing after each addition, just until combined.
  7. Generously grease and flour two round, 9 inch cake pans with shortening and flour.
  8. Pour the batter evenly into each pan.
  9. Bake in the middle rack for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not over bake as cake will continue to cook as it cools.
  10. Let pans cool on a cooling rack until the pans are warm to the touch.
  11. Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.
  12. Remove the cakes from the pan and let them cool.
  13. Frost the cake with Cream Cheese Frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.
  14. You can also use the batter from this recipe for Red Velvet Cheesecake Squares

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