Recipe For Cakes On A Stick

Jenny asks…

Anyone need a new cake recipe?

Vodka & Red Bull Christmas Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 cup of brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of butter
1 tsp salt
Lemon Juice
4 large eggs
Nuts
1 bottle of Vodka
1 can of Red Bull
2 cups dried fruit
Method:
1. Sample the vodka to check the quality.
2. Take a large bowl, check the vodka again.
3. To be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and mix with a little red bull and drink.
4. Repeat.
5. Turn on the electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
6. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again.
7. At this point its is best to make sure the vodka is still ok.
8. Flavour with red bull to taste.
9. Try another cup – just in case turn off the mixerer.
10. Break two leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
11. Pick fruit off floor
12. Mix on the turner.
13. If the dried fruit gets stuck in the beaterers, pry it loose with a drewscriver.
14. Shample the vodka to check for tonsisticitity, flavour with a little Bed Rull.
15. Next ssiffft two cups of salt. Or something … Who giveshz a shi**
16. Throw a pinch of Bed Rull over your shoulder
17. Pick up the can, mop the floor
18. Check the vodka
19. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
20. Add one table.
21. Add a shpoon of shugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.
22. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over..
23. Don’t forget to beat off the turner
24. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the vodka and kick the dog.
25. Fall into bed.
CHERRY MISTMAS

Frannie answers:

Sounds like a jolly holiday for me to be in with the pertying, this recipe was my dog didn’;tlike thekicked part, wate, the window? I wanted to for my cats, they’ll eat on . Where did the egg beater go.

Donna asks…

How to keep my cake from crumbling! HELP???!!!?

I’m baking my wedding cake and I’m very good with fondant and decorating but when it comes to the cake I have a problem! When I cut into it the cake crumbles and falls apart! I’m trying a new recipe for marshmellow fondant and am going to see if it cuts easier and helps with the crumbling.

Also I’ve been using box cake mix if that matters. This afternoon my friend and I are getting together to make a practice cake!

Please any advice on making my cake stick together when I cut it? Thanks!

Frannie answers:

I used to be very in to cake decorating especially working with fondant and let me tell you the best recipe you could possibly use is in the confetti cake book by Elisa Strauss I think you can probably look it up online if you can’t find it tell me and I can edit my answer and give it to you just add a detail to your answer to let me know btw the glycerin can be bought at like health food stores or places like whole foods its usually in the beauty section. I highly recommend you use a stand mixer if you don’t have one see if you can borrow one from somebody believe me before I had mine I once had a cake deadline and when I went to make my fondant I had so much of it to do I couldn’t move my wrists without screaming in pain after all the constant kneading it was HORRIBLE! So especially for a wedding cake use a stand mixer it will make your fondant smoother and a much better quality and don’t use one with two separate mixer things you need one with a paddle like in the kitchenaid mixers and if you are new to cake decorating or don’t have that much time to experiment with the marshmallow fondant before your wedding DO NOT do it personally I don’t really like the taste of it and it dries out so much easier than normal fondant also I find it to be gummier too. I personally have several food allergies so I could not order or buy my fondant and had to make everything from scratch but if you are going to buy, buy satin ice because I have a friend who also is a cake decorator and she has tried so many different kinds and satin ice is the best and also everyone on the blogs and youtube love satin ice and use it all the time. And as for cutting the cake if you are using a triangular spatula try cutting into the cake with the tip first and if you are using a straight spatula go in tip first as well. Good Luck with your cake and everything.

Lizzie asks…

what is a good healthy frosting recipe?

my boyfriend is on a health kick and for his birthday I want to make him a healthy cake. I’ve already got a recipe for the cake its self but now I’m stuck on frosting. I ‘d rather not use cool whip but if someone comes up with a cool whip one that taste good i wouldn’t be 100% opposed :D

Frannie answers:

Light Vanilla Frosting
This frosting works well for cupcakes, cakes, or cookies.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup Splenda® sweetener or other sugar alternative for baking
2 tablespoons less-fat margarine with added plant sterols (such as Take Control brand)
1 1/2 teaspoons fat-free half-and-half, whole milk, or low-fat milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
About 8 drops food coloring (for colored frosting)

Preparation:

Add powdered sugar, Splenda®, margarine, milk and vanilla to a small mixing bowl and beat on medium speed to blend until smooth. This will take a few minutes, because the Splenda® takes a while to dissolve.
Add food coloring, if desired. About 8 drops will do.
Frost your goodies.

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Helen asks…

Do I need to grease a bunt pan if the recipe doesn’t say to or not?

It’s for a wine cake, I’m making. Should I spray non stick spray on it, or something. Or should it come out easy after it’s done baking? help!

Frannie answers:

Spray it with pam and dust it lightly with flour..Good Luck and Merry Christmas!!!

Nancy asks…

Cookie made out of cake with a stick that looks like a sucker?

I’m looking for a recipe of cookies that are made out of cake. They have a stick on them so they look like suckers. Just a regular cake mix made like the box says wont work because the cake is to soft. I had these many years ago when I was a child at school for someones birthday party. Now I am wanting to make them for my sons school birthday party this Wed. I hope someone out there can help me with this. Thanks bunches!!
I dont believe cake pops are what I’m looking for. Before I asked this question I search cake popsicles, cake cookie on a stick, cake pops (which brought up cake on a stick in the shape of a ball). What I am talking about looks like those big flat suckers you buy at a candy store.

Frannie answers:

Mix the cake mix with a stick of butter and an egg and drop onto a cookie sheet. Put the stick in and flatten it gently. Bake (usually at 345 degrees F) until done (look for them to be firm, not hard!) Don’t have exact times as I usually wing it. If the dough seems a little stiff, add a teaspoon of water when you mix. Sometimes the store brand cake mixes will do that.

Susan asks…

I need a good buttercream fondant recipe – please help?

I am making a cake which i will cover with marshmallow fondant icing.

I need to make a buttercream fondant to spread on the sponge so the marshmallow fondant sticks. Does anyone know a good recipe for this?

Frannie answers:

For me the buttercream fondant is not suitable for sticking roll fondant, you can use jam, syrup even plain boiled cool water brush on the cake an lay the roll fondant on it it will stick well. Buttercream fondant
1 cup light corn syrup, 1 cup shortening, 1 tsp. Salt, 1 tsp. Flavor, about 8-9 cups of icing sugar, mix corn syrup, shortening, salt and flavor, mix well add icing sugar little by little knead until smooth. Buttercream fondant is good for cup cakes or petit four. Good luck

Laura asks…

How do I make Mom’s Apple Buckle?

Mom is 94 years old and has forgotten how she made the apple buckle we all grew-up on. All of my brothers and sisters have lost the recipe or are dead. I tried to re-create the recipe last night. The flavor is right, but the texture was a little too similar to a crumbly cake. Mom’s recipe was deep-dish in a baking pan with a crispy top and a batter that became almost bread-like. There was no brown sugar topping such as on many buckles. I do not know where she learned how to make it. She never referred to a recipe, so it was probably from my Grandma on the farm in Danish southwestern Wisconsin. Mom and Dad were also a leaders in PEO, 4-H, Boy Scouts, as well as Methodist and Lutheran churches, so the recipe may originate from those sources as well.

My experimental recipe:

1 stick melted butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
0.5 c. milk
2 t. vanilla
1 t. cinnamon

I blended-in the dry ingredients:

1.5 c. flour
1 t. baking powder
4 sliced MacIntosh apples

I baked for 1-1.5 hours at 350° to golden brown.

Which ingredient should I increase slightly to make my apple dessert a little more bread-like and less crumbly and cake-like in texture?
Sugar Pie ~ you are correct that buckle and cobbler are close relatives ~ I never thought of butter beneath batter ~ I am sure that Mom did not make dessert in that manner ~ I think that I am going to try another half-cup of flour next time to stiffen the batter ~ I may have created more of a cake with all of that butter ~ also, Mom is an egg fanatic who always doubled the eggs in recipes ~ furthermore, Mom is a buttermilk fanatic, also may have used something like a concentrated canned milk in recipes, so that may have made a difference in the texture. Quite a mystery. I know that I am close. My result looked almost identical to Mom’s apple dessert. The top was perfect, a little like a sugary bread crust instead of a cake. I do not believe these are normally yeast breads, although her cinnamon rolls were also amazing.
Should I cut back on the butter? Increase the flour? Increase the milk? Double the eggs?
What makes a cake more bread-like in texture? Does anyone understand the chemistry of cooking?
I did more research and came up with a note on cake structure. I will experiment further:

When baking cake mixes at high altitudes, follow altitude adjustments given on the box. Adjustments usually strengthen cells of the cake with addition of all-purpose flour, egg yolk, or liquid.

I think that I refined the recipe by adding more flour, milk, and baking powder. I reduced the fat and replaced the butter with olive oil to minimize saturated fat. I baked my new recipe, which turned-out well and satisfied my nieces and nephews who finished it off in a few minutes.

Ingredients:

0.25 c. Olive Oil
2 T. Wisconsin Butter (For Greasing Ovenware)
1 c. Wisconsin Milk
1 c. Sugar
2 Eggs
2 t. Vanilla Extract
0.5 t. Cinnamon
2 t. Baking Powder
2 c. Flour
6 MacIntosh Apples

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350°F while stirring together olive oil, milk, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon. Gradually add flour and baking powder until a flowing batter develops, similar to pancake batter.

Slice apples and place in two butter-coated Pyrex dishes, about seven-inch by four-inch, or one deep glass or ceramic baking dish. Go ahead and sneak a few slices of apple during the coring process. Mom always did. Pour buckle batter over the apples. Apple Buckle derives its na

Frannie answers:

Try using bread flour maybe your grandma used it. Who knows this recipe sounds great though!