Who Loves Wedding Cake?

How many of you love wedding's? How about wedding cake? There is just something that is so delicious about a wedding cake. What makes it so good? Is it the whole day with all of the beauty, excitement, joy, romance, and love that is in the air? Possibly. Yes. I think it does play a big part in what makes the cake and all of the other delightful treats taste so much more yummy.
So, how would you like a recipe for such a cake? I have one you know and it is so wonderful that you can make it for a wedding cake, birthday cake or anytime cake when you just get a craving. It is pretty durable for stacking too. The best part....it's versatile, quick and easy. I used it for the two cakes that you see below. A BIG hit!

Chocolate Groom's Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting and Fondant UGA G.

Bride's cake with yellow layers and traditional butter cream frosting.

Enjoy playing around with the recipe. I think you will like it.

Easy Cake Layers

1 box cake mix white, chocolate, etc...

1 box instant pudding mix (I use the same flavor as the cake mix)

4 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup milk

1/3 cup oil

Mix all ingredients together until blended. Mix 2 more minutes on medium speed.

Pour into 2 greased and floured 9" cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Remove from pans and cool on wire rack.

Use your favorite frosting and dig in. Don't forget the milk on the side!

Death by Chocolate

I have been slacking on my recipe duties lately. My apologies to all the Cookie Club Fans.
I hope that this recipe will make up for it a little bit. Also, if you want to join in on the Cookie Club fun we would love to have you. Just grab the Cookie Club Banner on my side bar.

If I have to go I want to go by way of chocolate and what better than with Quadruple Chocolate Brownies. That's right, not 1, not 2, not even 3 chocolates but 4. My head is spinning already.
So who wants to go with me now? I thought so! Alright, here you go. The recipe for Death by Chocolate.

Quadruple Chocolate Brownies

1 1/2 c. AP Flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 c. granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla flavor
3/4 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 c. milk chocolate chips
3/4 c. white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13 x 9 in. pan with Baker's joy.
In a small bowl, combine flour and salt. in a large microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chopped chocolate. Stir in sugar,eggs, and vanilla extract and mix well.
Add flour mixture; mix until just combined. Stir in chips. Spread into prepared pan.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean.
Cool Completely on rack before cutting.

Indulge Indulge Indulge!

P.S. I am making these today so if I don't post anything later you will know why! :)

recipe from Wilton's Brownie Fun

Cocoa Mallow Cookies~Valentine's Style

Here are my Cocoa Mallow cookies from the Cookie of the week club. I added a few extra pictures to give you an idea of what they will look like before and when you bake them.

Some of you had trouble with the cookies sticking. I had mentioned using parchment paper to prevent that problem. I was of course out and decided to use bakers joy. It worked like a dream.

Once they are baked they come out looking like this. Not too fluffy not too flat.

I let them cool about a minute before transferring them to a cooling rack. They cooled completely before I added the filling. I decided to do them Valentine style and added a little pick icing color to the cream. YummmY!

The only thing I did different than the regular recipe is that I had to use 1/2 and 1/2 and water instead of milk because I was out of that too. (Really need to make a trip to the market)

I used pink icing color in the filling and Bakers Joy on my cookie sheets instead of greasing them.

They turned out beautifully! Enjoy!

Cookie Club Recipe #2

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE!!!

Use Parchment Paper on cookie sheets to prevent sticking

CoCoa Mallow Cookies

This one is for you Tam. Noooooo coconut! :) Just yummy chocolate and gooey Delicious marshmallow filling. Enjoy!!!!

Cookies

1 c. sugar

1/2 c. butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 egg

1 c. milk

2 c. AP Flour

1/2 c. cocoa

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

Directions: Grease cookie sheets. Combine sugar and butter and beat until fluffy. Add vanilla and egg, stir in 1c. milk. In a separate bowl sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture and blend well. Drop batter by teaspoonful onto cookie sheets. Bake 7-9 minutes at 375 degrees. Cool 1 minute and place on wire racks until cooled completely.

Filling

2 cups powdered sugar

1 c. marshmallow cream

1.4 c. butter (softened)

1/4 c. shortening

3-4 tsp. milk

1 tsp vanilla

Mix together filling ingredients. Spread small amount on flat side of cookie, place another cookie on top and press lightly. Store cookies in a tightly sealed container.

O.R.E.O. Pudding

Ice cold milk and an Oreo cookie!

This is the jingle you will be singing when you make this pudding. Your family will love you for it. It is so easy you can even make it with the kids. They will love crushing up those cookies for you.



OREO PUDDING


1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese softened
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 large tub whip topping
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 bag Oreo cookies

Place cookies in a ziploc bag and crush with rolling pin.

In large bowl combine all ingredients except cookies and blend together with and electric mixer. Add cookies stir until they are mixed in well.

You can make individual serving cups and garnish with strawberries or leave it all in one big bowl. Chill the pudding for at least and hour before serving.


Yummy in my tummy!

Need a weeknight meal to go along with this sweet treat?
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