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5 Fourth of July Recipes: Cakes

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5 Fourth of July Recipes: Cakes

Ingredients

Method (preview)

  1. 1

    Heat oven to 350 F. Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups.

  2. 2

    In large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

  3. 3

    Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be very thin).

  4. 4

    Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.

  5. 5

    Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.

  6. 6

    Frost cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. Garnish with blueberries and strawberries.

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    In medium bowl, cream together the butter and powdered sugar.

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    Add the milk and vanilla extract, beating until frosting is of spreading consistency.

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    Preheat oven to 350F; grease and flour a 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

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    In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla; beat on high speed for about 3 minutes.

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    Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add alternately with water to butter mixture. Mix just until combined (don't overmix).

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    Pour into the prepared baking pan.

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    Bake for about 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

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    Cool for about 15 minutes then remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Place cake on cardboard that's been covered with foil.

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    Frost cake with the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.

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    Arrange blueberries in upper left corner of cake, covering about 1/4 of the cake.

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    Arrange strawberries in rows to create the red stripes.

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    In large bowl, combine powdered sugar and butter. Add milk and vanilla; beat to spreading consistency.

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    Line bottom of a 9-inch tart pan with parchment paper.

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    Mix crust ingredients and press into pan bottom and slightly up the sides.

  21. 21

    Chill.

  22. 22

    Melt white chocolate in double boiler over hot but not boiling water. Stir constantly.

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    In a separate bowl, whip cream cheese for 3 minutes.

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    Add the melted white chocolate; beat for another minute.

  25. 25

    Add sour cream; beat until very smooth.

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    Fill entire crust; chill until firm.

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    Toss the blueberries with the 1/4 cup sugar and heap them on top of the filling. Garnish with lemon zest and white chocolate shavings.

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    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

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    Mix the finely chopped pecans, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon with the melted butter.

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    In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.

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    Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

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    Gently stir in blueberries.

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    Beat egg lightly with milk and vanilla; stir into berry mixture just until combined.

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    Spread half the batter in streusel-lined pan; sprinkle with remaining streusel, then with remaining batter.

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    Bake cake for about 40 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

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    Let cool in pan for 15 minutes, then remove pan sides. Dust cake with powdered sugar.

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    Pour cold milk into bowl.

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    Add pudding mix.

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    With electric mixer at low speed, beat until well blended, 1 to 2 mins.

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    Let stand 5 min, then blend in non dairy whipped topping.

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    Spread half of the pudding mixture over crackers.

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    Add another layer of crackers.

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    Top with remaining pudding mixture and remaining crackers.

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    Spread pie filling over crackers. Chill cake for about 3 hours before serving.

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