April Fools Cake Chocolate Kraut Cake Food

APRIL FOOL'S CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix meat, salsa, corn, carrots and bread crumbs just until blended; press onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate.
• Bake 30 min. or until meatloaf is done (160ºF). Meanwhile, cook potatoes and cauliflower in boiling water in large saucepan 20 min. or until vegetables are tender.
• Drain vegetables; return to pan. Add milk; mash until vegetable mixture is light and fluffy. Spread over meat mixture to resemble a frosted cake.

APRIL FOOL'S CAKE (CHOCOLATE KRAUT CAKE )

Steps:

• 1. Preheat ocen to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan with cooking spray. Dust lightly with a little cocoa powder or flour. Chop the kraut nto smaller shreds. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with electric mixer until creamy. Beat in vanilla, then beat in eggs, one at a time. Add the flour mixture alternating with the coffee on low speed until just mixed. Stir in the kraut and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place on center rack of 350 degree oven and bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Remove and cool in the pan.
• 2. At this point you could simply sift a little powdered sugar on top to serve....or follow frosting recipe :
• 3. For frosting, melt butter in a medium glass bowl in microwave on high. Add the chocolate chps abd stir until fairly melted. Microwave a few seconds more t melt cocolate completely. Place sour ream in a large bowl, add melted chocolate and vanilla. Using mixer, beat in powdered sugar 1 C at a time until creamy smooth...adding a little milk if needed to thin out.
• 4. Spread frosting over cooled cake.

UNBELIEVABLE SAUERKRAUT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Prepare two 8 inch cake pans by greasing with butter and lightly dusting with flour. Line pan bottoms with parchment paper.
• With a mixer, cream butter and sugar together until they become light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time and mix in completely between each addition. Add vanilla.
• Sift dry ingredients over the wet ingredient bowl and mix to incorporate well, drizzling in the extra water.
• When the batter is smooth and well mixed, add in chopped sauerkraut and mix in. Divide the batter evenly between the two pans and smooth the tops with a spatula, if needed.
• Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes and test with a cake tester. If it comes out clean, then the cake is done. If not, bake for another 5 minutes.
• Whisk flour, milk and granulated sugar in a small pot.
• Heat and whisk over med-high heat until the mixture begins to bubble, then stir until it becomes thick and like a thick pudding.
• Remove from heat and cover the surface of the mixture with plastic wrap. Let cool completely.
• With a mixer, beat the butter until soft and whipped. Add salt and vanilla.
• Gradually drop in the milk/flour mixture and incorporate into the butter well.
• When all the milk/flour is incorporated, add the cocoa and combine.
• Add 1/2 cup of icing sugar if you like the frosting a bit sweeter.

APRIL FOOLS' LASAGNA: BANANA-PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Looks like: Lasagna
• Make a box of instant vanilla pudding. Cut a loaf of pound cake into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange half of the slices in a 7-by-11-inch baking dish, then press 20 vanilla wafers into the cake. Make fake tomato sauce: Mix 3/4 cup strawberry jam with 5 crushed Oreo cookies and dollop half of the mixture over the wafers. Sweeten 3/4 cup ricotta cheese with 2 teaspoons sugar; dollop half over the jam. Top with 1 sliced banana and half of the pudding. Repeat with the remaining cake, 20 more wafers, the remaining jam and ricotta mixtures, another sliced banana and the remaining pudding. Top with shaved white chocolate, crushed vanilla wafers and mint; chill.

APRIL FOOLS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray a 9" x 13" cake pan with cooking spray. Dust lightly with a little cocoa powder or flour. Chop the well rinsed and drained kraut into smaller shreds. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with electric mixer until creamy.
• Add vanilla; beat in eggs, one at a time. Add the flour mixture alternating with the coffee on low speed until just mixed. Stir in the kraut and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Place on center rack and bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in the pan. Dust/Sift/Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• ENJOY! And, if you don't spill the beans about your secret ingredient...no one will ever guess.