"kilikini" > wrote in message
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>I need a favor from you guys and you always come through every time I ask,
> so..... I'm askin'.
>
> I'm supposed to help with the menu of my friend's daughter's 17th birthday
> next month on the 23. They're planning on serving (ahem)......ready? (Keep
> in mind, these are my friends who eat processed food and if it can't be
> nuked, they won't eat it because they don't understand how to cook it.)
>
> Frozen, pre-cooked meatballs with Hunts BBQ sauce.
> Chips - premade onion dip
> Oscar Meyer triangle ham sandwiches on wonder bread with mustard
> Crudites with onion dip
>
> I've offered to make the meatballs, I've offered to even make lasagna -
> nope, they want the frozen pre-made meatballs and sandwiches.
>
> In any case, the daughter wants a 3 tiered cake. That one, somehow, falls
> to me because it's not covered under their government foodstamps because it
> would be a special order. Amanda, the birthday girl, wants a white cake
> with pink frosting. Does anyone have an excellent recipe for a white cake?
> I need moist, delectable, finger-lickin' good. In other words, I have to
> have something taste good at this party for 60 people! It must be a white
> cake with pink icing.
>
> Help me! Every time I've made a cake, it's come out dry. I need to make
> this the highlight of the evening. Please. Please. I've got to do this
> right.
>
> kili
kili,
Not understanding why they can't buy the ingredients at least, as I know you're not
exactly rolling in dough (look it's not OT! lol), but that's none of my concern so
I'll just stick to the cake.
First if you really want it to be good, there's a couple things to keep in mind.
Moist white cake is difficult, but not impossible. For this instance, here's what you
can do: Get a couple of boxes of Duncan Hines white cake mix. Get whatever you need
for what it says on the back of the box (eggs, oil, and whatnot) and a couple of
pkg's of Jell-o white chocolate instant pudding. When you prepare the mix, add one
small pkg pudding for each mix, and do not adjust anything else (for instance, my
niece added more liquid to accommodate the pudding...do *not* do that). Bake as
directed, and I promise you will have a very moist cake as a result.
For the frosting you can go a couple ways. For something that actually tastes good,
make a good cream cheese frosting and either tint it pink with food coloring or use
raspberry puree to make it pink *and* even tastier. Personally, I would go with the
cream cheese frosting. You can also make the standard issue "buttercream" that alot
of folks like, with the stick of butter, powdered sugar and the like. Add some
vanilla or other extract to make it taste better, and tint it with red food coloring.
Let us know what you end up doing! I love follow-up! lol
Good luck
kimberly
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