Hurry Up Cake With Variations Recipe Foodcom Recipes

HURRY UP SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Add the butter and mix until crumbly. Then mix in the nuts.
• Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the shortening and sugars.
• Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
• Add in the milk and mix again.
• Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix at medium speed for about 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle half of the nut topping over the batter.
• Then pour the remaining batter in the pan. Spread it lightly to cover the topping.
• Sprinkle the remaining topping evenly over the batter.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes or until the top springs back when you touch it.

HURRY UP CAKE WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Frosting choices: Sift icing sugar over or chocolate butter icing or lemon/orange butter icing.
• Simple butter icing- icing sugar, butter, cocoa, tiny bit of milk, for chocolate, just measure amounts that look right and whip them all together.
• Lemon or orange butter icing: the same as chocolate except instead of cocoa, use lemon or orange zest, and a teaspoon of vanilla or a tiny bit of the lemon or orange juice.
• Sift before measuring,cake flour, resift with sugar.
• add soft butter, eggs,milk, salt baking powder and vanilla.
• Beat these ingredients vigorously with a wire whisk or electric beater for 2 or 3 minutes.
• Bake the cake in a buttered 9 x 13 inch pan or in two 8 inch buttered, round layer pans in a moderate oven (350°F) for about 1/2 hour or until tester inserted in middle comes out clean.
• Variations-----------.
• Spice cake: add to flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon cloves.
• Chocolate cake: Use 4 tablespoons less flour and add to flour 4 tablespoons cocoa.

HURRY UP CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter 13X9 cake pan or 2 8 inch round cake pans. Coat with cocoa or cocoa and cinnamon.
• 2. Sift together all dry ingredients
• 3. Blend in oil and buttermilk. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well.
• 4. Add boiling water. (You can substitute 1 cup boiling espresso to make a Capuccino Cake.) Stir well. Don't Panic! The batter will look like chocolate milk. Pour into prepared pan(s). Let rest for 5 minutes before baking.
• 5. Bake for 45 minutes or until knife in center comes out clean. Let cool. Enjoy. Although this cake needs no frosting, it looks great with powdered sugar sprinkled on top.