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Recipe: Rainbow Cake
Woman's World Cake Recipes..
Yield: 14 Servings
-- Cake---
1 1/2 c Cake flour
1 ts Baking powder
1 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 c 70% buttermilk-vegetable oil
-- spread, at room
-- temperature
1 c Granulated sugar
1 Egg; separated & divided
1 ts Vanilla
1 Egg white
2/3 c Lowfat buttermilk
1/2 c Flaked sweetened coconut
-- Frosting---
3 c Confectioner's sugar
1/4 c 70% buttermilk-vegetable oil
-- spread
2 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Rum extract
1/4 ts Salt
2 tb 1% low-fat milk; divided
Red; yellow, green and blue
-- food coloring
Preheat oven to 350degreesF. Coat 9" springform pan with nonstick spray. In bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl with mixer at medium speed beat vegetable oil spread until smooth. Beat in granulated sugar until blended. Beat in egg yolk until light, then vanilla. In another bowl with clean beaters beat both egg whites at medium-high speed until soft peaks form. Alternately fold flour and buttermilk into yolk mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Fold in egg whites and coconut. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 30 minutes or until firm and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on rack. In bowl mix confectioners' sugar, vegetable oil spread, vanilla and rum extracts and salt. Add 1 tablespoon milk. With mixer at medium speed, beat until smooth. Stir in 1 tablespoon milk. Place 2 tablespoons frosting in small bowl; tint pink. In another bowl, tint 3 tablespoons frosting yellow. Tine 1/4 cup frosting green and remaining frosting light blue. Remove cake from pan. Cut vertically in half through center to make 2 half moons. Using 3" diameter round cutter, cut out half moon from straight side of each cake half to make rainbow shape. Discard cutouts. Spread 2 tablespoons blue across flat top of 1 cake half. Stack other cake half on top and press together. Place on platter. Spread all vertical sides, including cutout side, with blue. Spread pink in 1" wide strip to form shortest arc of rainbow. Follow with yellow arc, then green.
Makes 14 servings. Per serving: 254 calories; 2 g protein; 7 g fat; 16 mg cholesterol, 46 g carbohydrate, 232 mg sodium.
Your time in the kitchen: 1 hour. Ready to serve in 2 hours, 35 minutes.
Sneak peak at irresistible, guilt-free treats from Richard Simmons' brand-new cookbook, "Sweetie Pie", printed in Woman's World, 11/4/97 issue.
Recipe by: Woman's World
Green Angel Cake With Fluffy Fruit Flavor Frosting
recipe by Aunt Paula
If you like angel food cake, you will like this wonderful light dessert, that looks pretty too.
I got this recipe from a Jello insert in a woman's magazine in the '80's. You can use any flavor Jello you like,
we like lime the best.
8-10 servings
1 hour 20 mins prep
1 (21 1/2 ounce) box angel food cake mix
1 (3 ounce) box lime Jell-O gelatin
For frosting
1 (3 ounce) box lime Jell-O gelatin
1 (9 ounce) container whipped cream, thawed
Prepare cake mix as directed on package, folding gelatin into 1/3 of the batter.
Alternately spoon batters into ungreased 10-inch tube pan.
Zig zag knife through batters.
Bake on lowest rack at 375degrees for 40-50 minutes until cake springs back when lightly pressed.
Turn pan upside down over funnel or bottle to cool completely.
Remove from pan.
Frost and garnish with lime slices if desired.
Chill Frosting: Dissolve 1 pkg lime Jello in 1 cup boiling water.
Chill until slightly thickened; blend in 1 container whip cream thawed.
Surprise Easter Cupcakes
recipe by Aunt Paula
The surprise is a chocolate egg baked inside the cupcake! Yum!
These cupcakes are so pretty, especially when you ice them with pastel colors for Easter or Spring.
I got this from an old Woman's World magazine.
24 servings
32 minutes 10 mins prep
1 package yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup oil, for the cake mix
24 paper baking cups
24 vanilla wafers
24 small solid chocolate eggs, unwrapped
2 cans vanilla frosting (or your own)
food coloring
sugar crystals or candy sprinkles
Preheat oven according to cake mix package.
Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
Place 1 vanilla wafer in bottom of each.
Prepare cake mix according to box.
Fill cups halfway with batter.
Place chocolate egg in center of each cup.
Top with remaining batter.
Bake 18 to 22 mins. or until golden.
Cool, completely.
Tint frosting with food coloring as desired.
Frost cupcakes and decorate with sugar or sprinkles.