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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:51 pm December 2021 - Casino Crush 18th Birthday Contest #8 ENDED
Welcome to Casino Crush's 18th Birthday PartyCelebration!!!
For our 8th Contest:
Please share your favorite Birthday Cake Recipe (or describe it)
Only ONE ENTRY per member please!
(please be careful NOT to copy and paste links to other sites if copy/pasting a recipe!)
RULES
Everyone that makes a post will have their names placed into a random drawing where we will give away 2 x $5 prizes from those that are the yummiest sounding cakes (in Geno's opinion lol).
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:38 pm -
My favorite would be a Cream Puff Cake. It has a Cream puff type crust filled with vanilla or bavarian pudding and topped with whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line 2 x deep 20cm springform cake tins with baking paper. Stir together the flour and cocoa in a bowl. Melt the chocolate, sugar and butter with 100ml water in a pan until smooth, then leave to cool.
Step 2
Once cooled, transfer to a mixing bowl and whisk in the eggs one by one until combined, followed by the vanilla extract. Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until fully combined.
Step 3
Divide the batter between the cake tins and bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer poked into the middles comes out clean. It may crack a little on top but this will be covered by the icing. Leave to cool.
Step 4
To make the buttercream, use electric beaters to whisk together the icing sugar and butter for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Mix in the melted chocolate until smooth and the buttercream becomes spreadable. Put a thick layer of buttercream on top of one of the cakes, then sandwich the other sponge on top. Spread another thick layer on top, then use the rest to cover the sides. Leave to set in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Step 5
To make the topping, use a large knife or peeler to scrape across the surface of the chocolate to create curls and shards. Use these to top the cake along with a light dusting of cocoa powder.
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:10 am -
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition
1
cup chopped pecans or 1 cup chopped walnuts
1
(520 g) package yellow cake mix (You just use the cake mix as is, do not add other ingredients listed on cake box.)
1
(92 g) package vanilla instant pudding mix
4
eggs
1â„2
cup cold water
1â„2
cup cooking oil
1â„2
cup dark rum or rum
GLAZE
1â„2
cup butter
1â„4
cup water
1
cup sugar
1â„2
cup dark rum or rum
DIRECTIONS
Sprinkle nuts over bottom of greased 10 inch tube pan or 12 cup bundt pan.
Stir together cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, oil and rum.
Pour batter over nuts.
Bake at 325 in oven for 1 hour.
Cool 10 minutes in pan.
Invert onto serving plate and prick top.
Glaze-----------------.
Melt butter in saucepan.
Stir in water and sugar.
Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Stir in rum.
Brush glaze evenly over top and sides of cake.
Allow cake to absorb glaze.
Repeat until glaze is used up.
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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:03 pm -
Dear Crushers,
Thanks for your great birthday cake ideas:-
My chosen winners today are:-
anneandalan - red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting sounds lovely! - $5 for 500 CCpoints
win4maw - Pineapple upside down cake - a personal favorite of mine too - $5 for 500 CCpoints
Congratulations and good luck in our remaining contests