<![CDATA[Say it with Cake - Home]]>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:49:15 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Glowing Ghost Cupcakes]]>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 05:00:38 GMThttp://sayitwithcake.org/2/post/2013/09/glowing-ghost-cupcakes.html
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I am soooo excited because I find this totally cool recipe for cupcake frosting that glows under a black light!  I found this recipe just in time for Halloween.  These cupcakes are so cute and glow brightly under a black light.  They would be perfect to take to a Halloween party, or those glow stick parties that are popular during Halloween time.  Can you guess what the secret ingredient is that makes the cupcake frosting glow?? OK I will tell you, the secret ingredient is..............

Tonic Water!!


That is so cool, right! Th quinine in the tonic water causes it to glow under a black light!  I made my ghost cupcakes with white frosting, so I used the recipe to add the tonic water to the frosting.  If you want to use other colors, they won't glow with only using the tonic water in the frosting you have to use a mixture of gelatin, water and tonic water and dip your cupcake in it.  I will explain in the recipe.  

Here is the Recioe

This recipe is adapted from recipesnobs.com


Glowing Ghost Cupcake frosting

by Shamene Medeiros

Prep Time: 20

Keywords: bake Halloween cake

Ingredients (24 cupcakes)

    Glowing Ghost Cupcakes
    • 1 black light
    • 24 prepared and cooled cupcakes
    White Glow In The Dark Frosting
    • 7 cups confectioners' sugar
    • 1 cup vegetable shortening
    • 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
    • 5 tablespoons tonic water {diet tonic water works too}
    • mini chocolate chips morsels
    Extras Needed for Green Glowing Frosting
    • Neon Food Color
    • 0.3 ounce package of either Lime or Orange Gelatin
    • 1 cup boiling water
    • 1 cup chilled tonic water

    Instructions

    Prepare desired cupcakes and allow to cool. Begin frosting by adding confectioners' sugar, shortening, vanilla, and 3 tablespoons tonic water into a large bowl. Beat on low speed until no loss sugar is visible. Add remaining two tablespoons as needed to bring frosting to piping consistency. Mix at high speed for about a minute to allow frosting to become light and fluffy. Place half of white frosting into a separate bowl and set aside. Add neon food coloring to frosting until it reaches desired color {orange for orange gelatin, green for lime gelatin}.

    Pipe colored frosting onto cooled cupcakes and place in the freezer for at least an hour. Meanwhile pipe white frosting on half of the cupcakes using a large round frosting tip. Add two mini chocolate chip morsels for the ghost's eyes to finish ghost cupcakes.

    After lettering colored cupcakes freeze, prepare the gelatin by adding gelatin mix to 1 cup boiling water. Stir for about 2 minutes then add 1 cup chilled tonic water. Transfer to a container that will let you easily dip frosting into and place into an ice bath to cool. Keep gelatin in ice bath stirring occasionally until gelatin is cool but not yet set {about 5 to 10 minutes}.

    When gelatin is cool to the touch take cupcakes out of the freezer a couple at a time. Dip into gelatin upside down, submerging the frosting but not the cake {it is ok for the gelatin to drip onto cupcake, just don't submerge it completely}. Rotate cupcakes dipping and then returning to the freezer for about a minutes to set gelatin, then re-dip. Dip 4 to 6 times for best results.

    Refrigerate until a couple minutes before serving to keep gelatin set. Then place cupcakes under a black light and watch then glow.

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    I hope you have a blast making these cute glowing ghost cupcakes!  The guests at your Halloween party will love them!

    ENJOY!!


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    <![CDATA[Homemade Caramel Apples]]>Sun, 22 Sep 2013 05:19:17 GMThttp://sayitwithcake.org/2/post/2013/09/homemade-caramel-apples.html
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    Halloween is coming and Caramel apples always remind me of Halloween.  I don't really know why?! Maybe because when I was little I would always get at least one caramel apple in my Halloween bag.  (Actually it was usually a pillowcase I used when I was a youngster lol)  Nowadays people don't give homemade treats anymore.  I guess because there are some crazy people out there who ruined it for the rest of us, like the ones who put the razors in the apples? Anyway, I would love to pass out caramel apples at Halloween but I will be making them for my  little nephews and nieces instead this year.  
    I always used to get Caramel apples at the Halloween Carnivals at school, remember those! Ahhh the good old days! And winning the goldfish as a prize at the carnival.....every year I would win a goldfish! I can't wait till my three year old son is old enough to have a school Halloween Carnival, so much fun!  

    I usually only make cakes, but while I was making this Caramel Apple Layer Cake, I was inspired to try caramel apples! 
    Caramel Apples are so delicious! I have found new techniques to eat them easier over the years....I never try to bite into them anymore, only cut them in slices with a knife.  Remember eating these when you were little and finishing with a face full of caramel? lol!  These Caramel apples can be decorated any way you want, but these were made by dipping in sliced and crushed almonds, mini chocolate chips, and then piped with melted chocolate- YUM!  They can also be a great gift, just wrap them in pretty cellophane paper and tie with a ribbon.  The perfect Halloween treat!

    Here is the Recipe

    Caramel Apples

    by Shamene Medeiros

    Prep Time: 8

    Cook Time: 2

    Keywords: dessert

    Ingredients (6 apples)

    • 6 apples
    • 1 (14 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
    • 2 tablespoons milk

    Instructions

    Directions

    Chill apples in the refrigerator over night (it helps caramel set quicker)

    Remove the stem from each apple and press a craft stick into the top. Butter a baking sheet.

    Place caramels and milk in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave 2 minutes, stirring once. Allow to cool briefly.

    Roll each apple quickly in caramel sauce until well coated. Place on prepared sheet to set.

    Refridgerate for about 15 minutes to set caramel

    Garnish anyway you like, dip in chocolate, nuts, mini chocolate chips, pipe chocolate over caramel or any other idea!

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    I hope you have a blast making these Caramel apples!
    ENJOY!

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    <![CDATA[Caramel Apple Layer Cake]]>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 07:13:10 GMThttp://sayitwithcake.org/2/post/2013/09/caramel-apple-layer-cake.html
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    Fall is officially here! Time for apples, pumpkins, changing leaves, and cooler weather. This cake represents everything I love about this time of year!  The perfect blend of spice and sweet and all the flavors of the season. With a single bite, I wanted to wrap up in my favorite sweater, watch my high school football game,  and go jump in some leaves. It is the perfect dessert to usher in the fall and an instant all-time favorite. Yes, it is that good!

    This cake has a lot of steps, but the steps are pretty easy and it is so worth it! The caramel sauce is to die for! I couldn't stop eating it.  The cake itself was delicious and my husband told me he would like to try it warm out of the oven with no filling or buttercream.  The cake by itself is that full of flavor.  One tip I will give is while making the caramel sauce to watch it very carefully while it is boiling.  I looked away for a minute and it had turned a darker color then I wanted! It still tasted great but I would have preferred it a little lighter.  It seemed to take forever to turn a caramel color, but when it starts to change color is just sneaks up on you! Also, I used light corn syrup but you can use light or regular it doesn't matter.  

    Here is the Recipe

    Recipe adapted from Baked Explorations by Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito

    Caramel Apple Layer Cake

    by Shamene Medeiros

    Prep Time: 45

    Cook Time: 35

    Keywords: bake dessert cake

    Ingredients (8 inch cake)

      For The Apple Cake
      • 4 cups all-purpose flour
      • 2 teaspoons baking soda
      • 1 teaspoons baking powder
      • 1 teaspoon salt
      • 1 teaspoons cinnamon
      • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
      • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
      • 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes, at room temperature
      • 2 1/2 cups sugar
      • 2 large eggs
      • 4 cups unsweetened applesauce
      For The Caramel Sauce
      • Yield: about 2 cups
      • 1 1/2 cups sugar
      • 1/4 cup corn syrup
      • 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter, softened, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
      • 1 ½ cups heavy cream
      For The Caramel Buttercream
      • 1½ cups sugar
      • 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
      • 1 1/2 cups whole milk
      • 1⁄3 cup heavy cream
      • 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, soft but cool, cut into small pieces
      • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
      • 1⁄3 cup plus 2 tablespoons Classic Caramel Sauce (see recipe above), at room temperature

      Instructions

      Method for Apple Cake

      Preheat the oven to 325-degrees. Butter three 8-inch round cake pans, line the bottoms with parchment paper, and butter the parchment. Dust the parchment with flour and knock out the excess flour.

      Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves together into a large bowl. Set aside.

      In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy, about 4 minutes. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and beat until combined.

      Add the flour mixture to the mixer bowl in three parts, alternating with the applesauce, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Scrape down the bowl, then mix on low speed for a few more seconds.

      Divide the batter among the prepared pans and smooth the tops. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through the baking time, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Transfer the pans to a wire rack and cool for 20 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto the rack, remove the parchment, and let cool completely

      Method for Caramel Sauce

      In a medium saucepan with high sides, combine the sugar and corn syrup with 1/2 cup water. Stir the mixture gently so you don’t slosh any of it up the sides of the pan. Turn the heat to medium-high and continue stirring until the sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high, stop stirring, and allow the mixture to boil. Once it begins to turn a rich caramel color (if you don’t want to eyeball it, take the caramel to 300 degrees F on a candy thermometer), remove it from the heat, add the butter and cream, and stir until combined.

      You can save the caramel sauce, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Let it come to room temperature before using it on cakes, ice creams, or quick breads.

      If you want a warm topping, heat the caramel sauce in short bursts in the microwave or in the top of a double boiler.

      Method for Buttercream

      In a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan, whisk the sugar and flour together. Add the milk and cream and cook over medium heat, whisking occasionally, until the mixture comes to a boil and has thickened, about 10 to 15 minutes.

      Transfer the mixture to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on high speed until cool. Reduce the speed to low and add the butter and vanilla; mix until thoroughly incorporated. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until the frosting is light and fluffy.

      Add 1⁄3 cup of the caramel and continue mixing until combined. If the frosting is too soft, put the bowl in the refrigerator to chill slightly, then beat again until it is the proper consistency. If the frosting is too firm, set the

      bowl over a pot of simmering water and beat with a wooden spoon until it is the proper consistency.

      Assembly of cake

      Place one of the cake layers on the cake base and level off the top. Put a thin layer of caramel sauce on the layers and then spread caramel buttercream on top. Next, add another layer of cake and level and frost as you did with the first layer. Trim the top of the last layer and then place it on top of the cake bottom side up. Spread a very thin layer of frosting over the entire cake (crumb coat) and place the cake on the fridge for 30 minutes. Remove the cake fro the fridge and use the remaining frosting to ice the top and sides. Use the remaining caramel to drizzle over the top. Add chopped peanuts, if desired.

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      *For this recipe I made 4 layers by cooking two 8 inch cakes and torting them
      Here are some pictures of the caramel in different stages of boiling
      Boiling
      Turn off when it gets this caramel color
      This is what it looks like after everything is mixed in
      The finished product!
      I really hope you enjoy this cake as much as I do! I highly recommend making this cake for your family, they will love it!  I would love to hear from you! Please leave a comment below if you would like!

      ENJOY!!

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      <![CDATA[Orange Dreamsicle Cake]]>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:55:19 GMThttp://sayitwithcake.org/2/post/2013/09/orange-dreamsicle-cake.htmlPicture
      Who can deny the nostalgic summer flavors of orange and vanilla? The sweet song of the ice cream truck, as it slowly cruises through your neighborhood....running into the house to collect your coins and hoping to make it back outside before he is gone! That sweet bliss when you finally get your orange dreamsicle bar and sit with your sisters in the shade and enjoy the creamy orangey goodness!  Pure joy!!

      Since I live in San Diego, the summer is still going on over here! But for those of you who are yearning for summer to last a little longer, this cake can help bring back the feelings of summer!


      My sisters and I loved the orange dreamsicles so much that my Grandma would stock up on them every time the ice cream man would come.  She had an extra freezer on her patio filled with orange dreamsicles! So you can see how much I love this flavor combination!!

      This orange dreamsicle cake tastes just like an orange dreamsicle bar! You need to try this recipe, your family will love it!!!

      Orange Creamsicle Cake

      by Shamene Medeiros

      Prep Time: 20

      Cook Time: 45 min

      Keywords: bake dessert cake orange

      Ingredients (8 inch cake)

      • Cake:
      • 1 box white cake mix
      • 2 c melted orange sherbet
      • 1 small pkg vanilla instant pudding
      • 2 containers (6 oz) Yoplait orange creamsicle yogurt
      • 3 eggs
      • 2 tsp orange extract
      • +Filling+:
      • 2 pkgs instant vanilla pudding
      • 1/2 c water
      • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
      • orange food coloring
      • 1 tsp orange extract
      • 2 c Cool Whip

      Instructions

      For cake:

      Combine all; beat 2 minutes. Pour into prepared cake pan(s).

      Bake according to pan size directions on cake mix.

      +Filling+:

      Combine pudding, water, SC milk and extract.

      Add food color to desired shade.

      Fold in Cool Whip.

      Refrigerate 30 mins. Spread between layers of cooled cake (thick).

      Keep refrigerated, but this does hold up well at room temperature.

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      For topping:
      I used pastry pride and whipped it for about 7 minutes in the kitchen aid.  I added 1 teaspoon of orange extract and a few drops of orange food coloring.  Then I frosted the cake and made swirls on the top with a spoon.  Super easy!

      I really loved this cake and I hope you do too! Let me know what you think, I appreciate your comments!!

      ENJOY!!!

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