Mothers Day Recipes
HELP! cake recipes for mothers day please!?
It must NOT be chocolate, as my mother is allergic to chocolate. She is going out in a minute, so quick as you can and then i can buy the ingredients!
Looking for fruit cakes, etc etc
Thanks!
Hi !!
Here you go…ENJOY!!
Strawberry-Pecan Cake
INGREDIENTS:
1 box white or yellow cake mix (approx. 18 to 21 ounces)
1 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1 cup flaked coconut
1 package (3 oz) strawberry flavored gelatin
1/2 cup milk
1 cup mashed fresh or frozen strawberries (if using frozen, drain some of the juice off and reserve)
1 cup chopped pecans
Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing:
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 stick margarine (2 ounces), room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup strawberries, mashed (drain and reserve juice)
5 to 6 cups sifted powdered sugar (1 to 1 1/2 pounds)
PREPARATION:
Mix cake mix with strawberry flavored gelatin. Add eggs, coconut, gelatin, and milk; and beat until well blended. Stir in 1 cup mashed strawberries and 1 cup pecans. Bake in 3 generously greased and floured 8- or 9-inch round layer pans at 350° for 35 minutes, or until cake tests done*.
Spread frosting (directions below) over cake layers and sides of cake.
To make icing, cream together cream cheese and butter; mix in vanilla and powdered sugar until a firm but spreadable consistency is achieved. Stir in drained strawberries and pecans. Drizzle cooled layers with reserved juice then spread with a layer of icing; ice sides and top.
Store cake in an airtight container or wrapping; refrigerate.
*Lightly touch cake in the center with a finger; if it springs back, the cake is done.
———–OR…
Peaches and Cream Cake
15 servings 40 min 10 min prep
1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 egg
2 (29 ounce) cans of sliced peaches, reserve peach juice from cans for topping
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Drain peaches, reserving 1-3 T juice for the topping and set aside.
Combine cake mix, melted butter, and egg in medium bowl.
A soft dough will form.
This can be done by hand or with an electric mixer.
Press dough onto bottom and halfway up the sides of a 9×13 inch pan.
Cover dough with drained peaches.
To make the topping, mix the cream cheese, sugar, and juice with electric mixer until creamy.
Spread over peaches.
Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
——–OR, LASTLY…
Moist Caramel Apple Cake
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hr 35 min
Makes: 16 servings
1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla or French Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 cup water
4 eggs
1/3 cup oil
3 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, coarsely chopped
20 KRAFT Caramels, unwrapped
3 Tbsp. milk
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan. Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, water, eggs and oil in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat on high speed 2 min. Gently stir in apples. Pour into prepared pan.
BAKE 50 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 min.; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
MICROWAVE caramels and milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min., stirring every 30 sec. until blended. Cool 10 min. until slightly thickened. Drizzle over cake.
Mother’s Day Dessert: Strawberry Chantilly Millefoglie
