#636 - Vanilla Cream Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 box Duncan Hines cake mix (white OR yellow)
1 - 3.5oz. box Jell-O vanilla INSTANT pudding/pie filling
1 1/3 cups cold water
4 eggs
1/4 cup canola oil
1 1/3 cups Baker's angelflake coconut
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Frosting: 1/3 cup butter, 2 - 3oz. packages Philadelphia cream cheese, 1lb. Domino's powdered sugar, 4 tsp. milk, 1 tsp. vanilla, 2 cups Baker's angelflake coconut

In a mixer add cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs, oil--beat for 4 minutes. Remove from mixer and use a wooden spoon to add coconut and nuts--stir. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10" tube cake pan (angelfood cake pan). Bake at 325 degrees for 60 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool the cake 20 minutes, then remove from pan (use a knife to go around the sides, invert onto a plate). Frosting: in a mixer, add butter and cream cheese--beat. Add vanilla and milk--beat. Add powdered sugar slowly--beat until smooth. When cake is completely cool frost the top and sides of the cake. Sprinkle the frosting with the 2 cups of coconut. Keep refrigerated.

#584 - Pineapple Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
1 - 6oz. box Jell-O vanilla instant pudding
8oz. Philly cream cheese
2 cups milk
1 - 20oz. can Dole crushed pineapple (drained)
1 - 8oz. Cool Whip (thawed)
1 cup Baker's angelflake coconut
12 maraschino cherries (drained)

Mix and bake cake as directed on the yellow cake mix box (use a 9 x 13 x 2 cake pan). Cool the cake. In a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Add pudding mix and milk--beat. Spread this mixture on cooled cake. Spread drained crushed pineapple on top of cream cheese layer. Spread Cool Whip evenly on top of pineapple. Sprinkle coconut evenly over the top of the Cool Whip layer. Scatter cherries on top for decoration. Refrigerate well before serving. Keep refrigerated.

#573 - Philly Marble Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 - 8oz. Philly cream cheese (softened)
1 cup Parkay margarine
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour (measure before sifting)
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 - 1oz. squares unsweetened Baker's chocolate (melted)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Glaze: 2 TBSP Parkay margarine, 2 TBSP milk, 1 1/2 cups sifted Domino's powdered sugar (measure before sifting), 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a mixer add cream cheese, 1 cup Parkay, white sugar, vanilla--beat. Add eggs one at a time--beat after each. Add sifted flour and baking powder--beat well. Remove bowl from mixer--measure 2 cups of the batter and set aside. Put bowl back on the mixer--add melted chocolate and baking soda--beat well. Grease and flour a 10" angelfood cake pan OR bundt cake pan. Spoon some chocolate batter in first, then some of the reserved white batter--keep alternating until both batters are gone. Use a table knife and swirl it through the batter a few times to marbleize the batter. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Cool for 20 minutes, then invert the cake upside down on a plate and glaze the cake right away. Glaze--in a saucepan heat the Parkay and the milk while stirring. Add powdered sugar and vanilla--stir until smooth.

#572 - White Tube Pan Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
2 sticks butter (softened)
2 cups cake flour
1 TBSP baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
Topping: 1 - 8oz. Dole crushed pineapple (drained), 1 small can mandarin oranges (drained), 2 cups miniature marshmallows, 1 cup Baker's angelflake coconut, 1 - 8oz. Breakstone's sour cream

Add white sugar, eggs, butter, cake flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt into a blender--beat for 20 minutes. Pour batter into a greased angelfood cake pan (tube pan). Place cake into a COLD oven, turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 1 hour. Cool and remove from pan. Topping: add crushed pineapple, oranges, marshmallows, coconut, and sour cream in a bowl--stir well and refrigerate. Serve each slice of cake with a large spoonful of the topping. Keep topping refrigerated.

#237 - Pistachio Bundt Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix
1 - 3.5oz. box Jell-O instant pistachio pudding
4 eggs
1 cup cold water
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 tsp. almond extract OR vanilla

In a mixer, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, water, and almond extract OR vanilla. Beat until smooth. Pour batter into a greased bundt cake or angelfood cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes, then remove from pan. When cool, sprinkle top and sides with powdered sugar (or substitute your favorite glaze if you wish).

#235 - Dirt Cake

1 - 8" Flower Pot (new)
1 garden trowel (new)
gummy worms
plastic flowers (new or washed)
16 oz. Oreo cookies
1/2 cup Butter, softened
8 ounces Philly cream cheese, softened
1 cup Domino's powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 - boxes Jell-O Instant Chocolate Fudge pudding
3 cups milk
12 oz. Cool Whip -- thawed

Crush the cookies fine to resemble potting soil and set aside. Cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until the mixture is smooth. Set aside. Combine the pudding mix and milk until well blended, then fold in the Cool Whip. Gently fold the cream cheese and pudding mixtures together. Layer 1/3 of the cookie crumbs followed by 1/2 of the pudding mixture, 1/3 of the crumbs, the rest of the pudding mixture and topping with the remaining cookie crumbs. Refrigerate 10 to 12 hours. About half an hour before serving, remove from the refrigerator and decorate with flowers and worms. Serve by digging out portions with the trowel.

#232 - Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 box Duncan Hines devil 's food cake mix
1 - 21oz. can cherry pie filling
2 large eggs
1 tsp. pure almond extract

In a mixer, combine all ingredients and beat on low for 1 minute. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more. The batter should look thick and well blended. Grease a 13 x 9 x 2 cake pan and place oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour batter into cake pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Place the cake in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Remove cake from oven and cool on wire rack. Use our icing recipe #2 for vanilla icing.