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Giant Hot Chocolate Mug Cake

December 10, 2016

Today we’re making this giant hot chocolate mug cake as part of a HUGE foodie collab with 11 other YouTubers! 😀

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Giant Hot Chocolate Mug Cake

Adapted from Trisha Yearwood @ Food Network

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Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 room temperature eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• Frosting I used this - http://amzn.to/2hwysiY
• Fondant in white, black, and pink

Servings Ingredients 3 cups flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 cup softened butter 1/2 cup shortening 3 cups sugar 5 room temperature eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup milk Frosting I used this - http://amzn.to/2hwysiY Fondant in white, black, and pink

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease three 6" baking pans w/ cooking spray, line with parchment, and grease again.
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time, then mix in vanilla extract.
4. Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix only until mixture just comes together. Divide between pans (fill pans 7/8 full), then bake for 1 hour.
5. Let cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pans.

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Giant Gingerbread Girl Cake

December 7, 2016

Why have one gingerbread cookie when you can have a giant gingerbread man cake?

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Giant Gingerbread Girl Cake

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Ingredients

Gingerbread Cake

• 1 cup softened butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups unsulphered molasses
• 5 cups flour
• 1 T baking soda
• 1 T cinnamon
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 cups hot water

Buttercream Frosting

• 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups softened butter
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 4-5 T milk
• Brown and yellow gel food color

Ingredients for Decoration

• Fondant in black, white, pink and teal

Servings Ingredients Gingerbread Cake 1 cup softened butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 cups unsulphered molasses 5 cups flour 1 T baking soda 1 T cinnamon 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp salt 2 cups hot water Buttercream Frosting 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 1/2 cups softened butter 2 tsp vanilla extract 4-5 T milk Brown and yellow gel food color Ingredients for Decoration Fondant in black, white, pink and teal

Instructions

Gingerbread Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 13" x 9" baking pan and line with parchment paper, then grease again.
2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then mix in molasses.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Batter will be thick. Slowly pour in hot water and mix until just combined.
4. Pour batter into baking pan, then bake for appx. 1 hour.

Buttercream Frosting

1. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla, then pour in milk and mix until desired consistency is reached. Reserve about 1/4 cup frosting to decorate cake. Color with brown and yellow food color for golden tan frosting.

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Final Fantasy Moogle Cake

November 29, 2016

If you love playing Final Fantasy, this is the cake for you!

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