Amish Ho Ho Cake Recipes

BEST HO HO CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• With your electric mixer, cream butter and shortening until combined.
• Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy. This is usually about 2 minutes.
• Add vanilla, and mix to combine.
• Leave at room temperature and add a thick layer to the top of your cake once the cake is completely cooled. It is okay if you get a little crumb in your cream layer, no one is gonna notice.
• Place cake in refrigerator.
• In mixing bowl cream together butter and cocoa, add vanilla and 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/3 cup cream and mix together.
• Continue to add 2 cups powdered sugar and 1/3 cup cream on top of it and cream together. Adding the cream on top of the powdered sugar will help prevent it from flying all over your kitchen. Add a little water or more cream at the end to reach your preferred consistency. Your icing should be thick but smooth, creamy and easy to spread.
• Remove cake from the refrigerator and spread the icing over the cream layer.
• Return cake to the refrigerator to set for about an hour.

HO HO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add the remaining ingredients and whisk until smooth.
• Pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool completely.
• Meanwhile, start the filling. Whisk together the flour and cold milk in a saucepan. Cook over low heat until bubbly and thick. Set aside to cool.
• When cool, add the sugar, vanilla, and butter. Beat until smooth and fluffy. If it doesn't look like it's coming together, just keep beating it. Spread onto the cooled cake.
• To make the frosting. Beat together the butter, cocoa, hot water, vanilla, powdered sugar, and egg. Spread frosting over cream filling. Chill for 30 minutes before serving.

HO HO CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake as directed on the package for a 9 x 13 inch pan. Cool completely.
• Combine flour and milk in saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick. Cool completely. Cream 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup margarine, and shortening. Add cooled milk mixture, and beat well. Spread over cake. Refrigerate.
• In a small bowl, beat egg. Stir in vanilla, melted chocolate, hot water, confectioner's sugar, and 1/2 cup margarine. Pour over second layer. Refrigerate.

AMISH HO HO CAKE

Steps:

• Cook .1 cup milk, 3 tbls flour and 1/2 cup white sugar -- leave the lid on so no skin forms -- cool and mix together the following -- 1/2 cup margarine, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup crisco shortening,pinch of slat and 1 tsp vanilla --
• add to first mixture and beat well.
• you can spread this between the two layers of cake, or cut each layer in half and you would have 3 layers of filling instead of one.
• to prepare the topping ingredients.
• melt butter and add cocoa powder and blend.add 1/4 cup boiling water and powdered sugar til thick enough --
• pour over cake -- make it thin enough so it will drip over the edges.
• I have really taken some liberties with this recipe for filling -- I have baked different flavored cakes.and use the filling from this.and made glaze co-ordinate with cake flavor.this is a great all purpose recipe -- many ways to use this idea.

HO HO CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake as directed on package for two round pans.
• When cool, "slice" through cakes to make 4 "thin" cakes.
• Beat sugar, shortening, vanilla, milk, salt and water for 7 minutes.
• Add powdered sugar and beat for 5 minutes longer.
• Lay one layer of cake on plate.
• Spread Cream filling on top only, do not go all the way to the edge.
• Lay another layer of cake on this.
• Spread cream filling on this too.
• Again layer and filling until you have all four layers on here.
• Ice the whole cake with the chocolate icing.

EDNA'S HO HO CAKE

Steps:

• For filling, in a small saucepan, combine flour and milk until smooth; stir in 1/3 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Transfer to a large bowl; cool. Beat in the shortening, butter, vanilla, salt and remaining sugar until smooth. Spread between cake layers., For glaze, melt butter and cocoa in a small saucepan. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and enough milk to achieve a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over top of cake, allowing some to drape down the sides.

HOECAKES

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat eggs, buttermilk, water and 1/4 cup oil with whisk. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until combined.
• In cast-iron or other heavy skillet, heat about 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat. For each hoecake, pour about 1/4 cup batter into hot skillet. Cook until browned on both sides. Repeat with remaining batter, adding more oil to skillet as needed.