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This Easy Fudge Cake with Ganache Icing is the best chocolate cake I’ve tasted and very easy to make. It’s loaded with fudgy chocolate, using a chocolate cake mix and instant chocolate pudding mix, as well as miniature chocolate chips and a silky Ganache icing.
See the recipe below for Phyllis Clark Nichols’ Coconut-Lemon Cake
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Ingredients for the Coconut Icing:
Prepare cake according to package directions. Phyllis divided the batter into four 8” pans and baked for 18 minutes. Remove from the pans and completely cool. If you have a favorite white layer cake batter, that works well too.
To make the lemon filling, Whisk together eggs, flour, water, and sugar in the top of a double boiler and cook until slightly thickened, stirring constantly. Add lemon juice and butter. Stir until mixed. Cool in refrigerator until ready to use. This will go between the cake layers.
To make the icing: Stir sour cream, coconut, sugar and Cool Whip together and refrigerate until you’re ready to use.
To assemble the cake, spread a layer of the lemon filling on the first cake layer and follow with the coconut icing on top of that. Repeat this process for layers two and three. For the fourth layer, only spread the lemon filling on top. Then ice the sides with the rest of the coconut icing. I like to put a curl of lemon rind on top for decoration.
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This Carrot Cake with Pecans recipe is so moist and delicious. A reminder of my childhood and my favorite season, Autumn.
It’s full of wonderful ingredients–carrots, pineapple, nuts, and spices that say “Fall” and “Harvest” and “Thanksgiving.” Oh, and topped with a to-die-for cream cheese frosting. Yum!
I like to use chopped pecans, but you may use English walnuts if that’s what you have in your pantry. Here in Southeast Kansas, we have a lot of pecan trees and it’s easy to get your hands on fresh pecans. I like to buy thin-shelled pecans in bulk, and then my husband and I will pick them out in the evening while we watch a little tv. It’s a fall tradition at our house.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 9 inch cake pans with waxed paper and spray with cooking spray.
To prepare wax paper, I like to place a cake pan on top of 2 sheets of waxed paper. Using a pencil or pen, closely mark the outer edges with the pencil. Then cut around the markings and place the waxed paper inside the cake pans. Ta da! A perfect fit!
Gather your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table. Prepare your ingredients. Peel and coarsely grate the carrots. Chop the pecans, using a nut chopper or chef’s knife.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and brown sugar. Add the large eggs one at a time along with vanilla extract. If possible, use real vanilla.
In a small bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, and freshly ground nutmeg. Add to butter mixture, mixing well.
With a rubber spatula, fold in grated carrots, crushed pineapple (undrained) and chopped pecans.
Pour batter into prepared pans and gently tap on the counter to get rid of any air bubbles. Bake in preheated oven for 55-60 minutes until edges have pulled away from sides and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Set for 10 minutes and then remove from pans. Cool on wire racks.
In a small bowl, mix on high speed the softened cream cheese and butter, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Lower speed, and add in powdered sugar. Mix until smooth. You may add more powdered sugar as needed, until you have the desired consistency.
To frost the layers, begin with the bottom layer by laying it on a flat cake plate or platter. Spread 1/3 of the frosting on top of the bottom cake layer. Place the top cake layer on top of the spread frosting.
Next frost the sides. Finish with the remaining frosting on the top and spreading until the entire cake is covered.
Sprinkle the top with chopped nuts as desired. This recipe will serve 16-20 people.
This recipe for two-layer Carrot Cake with Pecans will make a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving meal, church potluck, or family gathering!
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