All-New Cake Mix Doctor - Anne Byrn [208]
SWEETENED WHIPPED CREAM
ANOTHER GREAT BASIC RECIPE from our kitchen, this sweetened whipped cream goes over warm chocolate cakes, alongside gingerbread, and on top of fresh strawberries when they are in season. I now add a little vanilla to it.
makes:
2 cups, enough to lightly frost a 2-layer cake or 24 cupcakes
prep:
5 minutes
1 cup heavy (whipping) cream, chilled
¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Place a large, clean mixing bowl and electric mixer beaters in the freezer for a few minutes while you assemble the ingredients. Pour the heavy cream into the chilled bowl and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until the cream has thickened, 1½ minutes. Stop the machine and add the confectioners’ sugar and vanilla. Beat on high speed until stiff peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes longer.
Chocolate Sweetened Whipped Cream
For a real treat, melt 1 cup (6 ounces) of semisweet chocolate chips in a microwave oven on high power for 45 seconds or over low heat on the stove, then let the chocolate cool. Whip 2 cups (1 pint) heavy (whipping) cream until firm peaks form. Don’t add sugar or vanilla, just fold the cooled chocolate into the whipped cream.
CONVERSION TABLES
Liquid Conversions
Weight Conversions
Oven Temperatures
Approximate Equivalents
1 stick butter = 8 tbs = 4 oz = ½ cup
1 cup all-purpose presifted flour or dried bread crumbs = 5 oz
1 cup granulated sugar = 8 oz
1 cup (packed) brown sugar = 6 oz
1 cup confectioners’ sugar = 4½ oz
1 cup honey or syrup = 12 oz
1 cup grated cheese = 4 oz
1 cup dried beans = 6 oz
1 large egg = about 2 oz or about 3 tbs
1 egg yolk = about 1 tbs
1 egg white = about 2 tbs
Please note that all conversions are approximate but close enough to be useful when converting from one system to another.
Index
A
Aimee’s almond chocolate chip cake, 222–23
Aimee’s chess cake, 437–38
Almond(s):
amaretto cake, elegant, 95–97
chocolate chip cake, Aimee’s, 222–23
cranberry brownies, 401–2
pineapple dump cake, 284–85
pound cake, 199–200
Ruth’s applesauce spice cake, 181–82
toasting, 204
triple decker chocolate icebox cake with shaved chocolate frosting, 136–38
Amaretto:
almond cake, elegant, 95–97
apricot cake, 238–39
Angel food cake mix:
angel food macaroons, 465–66
Apple:
spice cake, cinnamon, 62–63
spice muffins, 381–82
Apple butter spice cake with caramel frosting, 59–61
Apple cider. See Cider Applesauce:
bars with a light cream cheese frosting, 446–48
chunky, cake with caramel glaze, 275–76
spice cake, Ruth’s, 181–82
Apricot:
amaretto cake, 238–39
brownies, rum-soaked, 412
cake with lemon cream cheese filling, 174–76
filling, holiday eggnog cake with, 98–100
B
Baileys Irish Bundt cake, 240–41
Bake sale caramel cupcakes, 375–76
Bake sales, 374, 404
Baking cakes:
baking perfectly even layers, 139
cake-baking equipment, 10–14
for a crowd, 260
in dark metal pans, 17
easy baking tricks, 5
in glass canning jars, 46
in glass pans, 17
high altitude adjustments, 20–21, 164
oven rack positions, 15–17
oven temperatures, 15–17, 20, 45
substituting pan shapes, 12–13
ten secrets for, 16–17
tests for doneness, 16–17, 19
three-layer cakes, tip for, 45
time-saving tips, 55
Baking supplies, 11
Banana(s):
cake, a better, with caramel frosting, 27–29
chocolate chip cake, 282–83
chocolate flan cake, 207–8
hummingbird cake with cream cheese frosting, 280–81
ripening, tip for, 280
Bars:
Aimee’s chess cake, 437–38
applesauce, with a light cream cheese frosting, 446–48
baking tips, 390
butterscotch, 435–36
chocolate chip cookie, 424–25
chocolate walnut gooey butter cake, 441–43
cutting into pieces, 400
freezing, 410
Houdini, 431–32
lemon gooey butter cake, 439–40
orange chocolate chip, 426–28
peanut