FoodBanter.com - Ideas for a birthday cake...

I make a few different cakes for birthdays. Carrot cake, I use a cream
cheese icing when I make it. Or Hot fudge Sundae cake, I've never iced it.
How about Queen Elizabeth Cake? It's topped with toasted coconut.

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Helen's Queen Mum Cake

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes Peagram

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----MM BY H. PEAGRAM-----
-----BATTER-----
1 c Dates
1 c Boiling water
1 t Vanilla
1/4 c Margarine
1 c Sugar
1 Egg, beaten
1 1/2 c Flour
1 t Baking powder
1 t Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
-----TOPPING-----
6 tb Brown sugar
3 tb Butter
4 tb Canned milk
1 c Coconut
1 pn Salt

Cook dates, water and vanilla to soft mass. Cream margarine, sugar
and egg. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Add date mixture.
Pour into a 9 x 9 greased pan and bake at 325F for 35 minutes.

While cake is baking, put all the topping ingredients into a small
pot and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. When cake is baked,
remove from oven, spread topping on it and place under the broiler to
brown. Watch carefully, because it could burn.

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Helen's Hot Fudge Sundae Cake

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes Peagram

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----MM BY H. PEAGRAM-----
3 c Flour
3 ts Baking powder
1 t Salt
1/2 c Margarine
1/2 c Shortening
1 3/4 c Sugar
4 md Eggs
1 c Milk
1 t Vanilla
-----MARBELING-----
4 oz Semi-sweet choc chipits
2 tb Water
2 tb Canned milk or cream

Sift dry ingredients. Cream fat and sugar. Add eggs to creamed
mixture. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla to
creamed mix.

MARBELING: Melt chocolate with water. Add milk or cream. Blend well.

Place 1/3 batter in greased tube pan. Spread 1/2 marbeling mixture on
batter. Put second 1/3 batter over marbeling. Spread second 1/2
marbeling over batter. Add last 1/3 of batter. Bake at 350F 60-70
minutes. A springform pan works well too.

H. Peagram

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Helen's Carrot Cake

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----MM BY HELEN PEAGRAM-----
2 c All-purpose flour
2 c Sugar
2 ts Ground cinnamon
1 t Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
3 Eggs
2 c Carrots -- finely grated
1 1/2 c Vegetable oil
1 t Vanilla extract
1 c Crushed pineapple -- drained
1 1/2 c Chopped nuts -- divided

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Helen

Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith that
saves is faith in Him

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"Lorea" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for ideas on a birthday cake...I want something that isn't the
> usual ordinary 2-tier, yellow cake with buttercream birthday cake.
>
> Any flavor combination ideas? Or any ideas on different textures? Or any
> decoration ideas? Ideally, the cake shouldn't be too sweet...I want the
> flavors to really "pop."
>
> Thanks!!
>
>