Delicate Graham Cracker Cake Food

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and line with parchment two 9 inch round pans.
• Combine the crumbs, 1/2 cup pecans, flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and the light brown sugar until fluffy. Slowly beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla. Alternately add the milk and the crumb mixture while beating on low.
• Beat the egg whites in a bowl until foamy. Add the sugar slowly, and beat to soft peaks. Fold into the crumb batter, and pour into the pans.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in the pans on a rack about 10 minutes, then invert and cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the 2 tablespoon sugar until it turns golden. Remove from heat, and add 4 tablespoons of the butter; swirl. Whisk in the dark brown sugar, and place back on the heat. Bring to a boil, stirring all the time. Add the cream, and bring back to a boil. Boil 1 minute, and remove caramel from heat.
• Place the confectioners' sugar in a large bowl, and mixing on medium speed, slowly drizzle in the caramel. Beat until the bottom of the bowl is just barely warm, about 5 minutes. Add the remaining 1 1/4 cups butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat until smooth, and chill frosting until ready to ice the cake. Frost the cake, and press the pecans into the sides.

GRAHAM CRACKER SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13 pan with a nonstick baking spray; set aside.
• 2. In large mixing bowl, place all ingredients except for nuts, cream cheese, ice cream topping, 1/4 cup butter, and powdered sugar. Mix until combined, then beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in chopped walnuts and pour into prepared pan.
• 3. Bake for 25-35 minutes until cake is dark golden brown and set. Cool completely on wire rack.
• 4. Frosting: When cake is cool, combine cream cheese with caramel ice cream topping and butter; beat well. Add 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar. Beat well and add remaining powdered sugar until frosting is soft and spoonable. Frost cooled cake; store in refrigerator.
• 5. This cake is wonderful without the frosting, served with a dollop of whipped cream.

DELICATE GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Blend cracker crumbs, flour and baking powder in small bowl; set aside.
• Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Alternately add flour mixture and milk, beating well after each addition. Divide batter into 2 well-greased 8-inch round cake pans.
• Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire rack. Frost cake.

QUICK GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Set aside 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs. In a large bowl, beat the remaining crumbs, cake mix, sugar, water, egg whites and oil for 2 minutes. , Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. layer pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand a few minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , Cut each cake horizontally into two layers. Place bottom layer on a serving plate. Spread whipped cream between layers and frost entire cake. Sprinkle reserved graham cracker crumbs on top. Refrigerate until serving time.

NUTTY GRAHAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch bundt pan.
• Measure the flour, 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, softened butter or margarine, orange juice and the eggs. Beat until smooth about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the walnuts and pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (for 45 to 50 minutes) or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cake stand in pan for 20 minutes. Invert cake onto a serving plate and ice with Brown Sugar Glaze.
• To Make Brown Sugar Glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar, water, 1/2 cup brown sugar and the vanilla. Add more sugar or water to make a proper consistency for a barely pourable glaze.

GRAHAM CRACKER ÉCLAIR 'CAKE'

Steps:

• Beat pudding mix and milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Let stand 5 min. Meanwhile, cover bottom of 8-inch square pan with graham squares, overlapping as needed to form even layer.
• Stir COOL WHIP into pudding; spread half over graham squares in pan. Cover with 10 of the remaining graham squares. Repeat layers of pudding mixture and graham squares.
• Refrigerate 3 hours. Spread with BAKER'S ONE BOWL Chocolate Frosting.

GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

Steps:

• Mix sugar, melted margarine, and pineapple.
• Add the finely crushed graham crackers to the mixture until thick enough to spread (fairly thick).
• Place a layer of the whole graham crackers on a serving/cake plate.
• (You're going to build up layers to form a cake, similar in size and shape of a 1/4 sheet cake).
• Spread a layer of the mixture on the whole cracker layer.
• Put a layer of whole crackers on the mixture.
• Keep alternating layers of the mixture and the whole crackers until you have a desireable size and shape.
• "Frost"top and sides with remaining mixture.
• Best when made the day before, so that the graham crackers can get kind of soft and the flavors can combine.
• Can be refrigerated or just covered.