Frans Sherry Cake Food

SPICED SHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, whisk the first six ingredients; add eggs, oil and sherry. Beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean., Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

DRY SACK SHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a bundt pan.
• Combine all ingredients, mix with an electric mixer for about 5 minutes at medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes, or until brown on top and slightly crispy on the edges.
• Put your feet up (but not on the counter!) and have a glass of sherry while the cake is baking.
• Remove the cake, cool in the pan for 5 minutes before turning out on a rack.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar, or a sherry glaze. How to make an easy sherry glaze? -- In a bowl, combine 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1 t melted butter, and 1 T sherry. Stir in additional water, one teaspoon at a time, until glaze is of drizzling consistency.

SHERRY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Oil the sides and bottom of a 10 inch Bundt cake pan. In a small bowl, mix cinnamon, sugar and cocoa. "Flour" the sides and bottom of the pan with the mixture, tap out the excess back into the cinnamon mixture.
• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, sherry, nutmeg and pudding mix. Beat until well blended. Pour half of the batter into the Bundt pan, sprinkle with half of the cinnamon sugar, cover with the remaining batter and finally, top with remaining cinnamon mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

FRENCH FRY FRANKS

Steps:

• Make the franks: Whisk the flour, cornmeal, sugar and paprika in a large bowl. Add the egg and milk and whisk to make a thick batter, adding more milk if the mixture is too dry. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste.
• Heat about 2 inches vegetable oil in a large pot over medium-high heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 375 degrees F. Dip the franks in the batter, then carefully wrap a long curly fry around each. (If desired, thread the franks on wooden skewers before wrapping with fries.)
• Working in batches, fry the franks in the hot oil, turning, until golden on all sides, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels; sprinkle with salt.
• Meanwhile, make the dip: Whisk the Sriracha, lime juice and mayonnaise in a bowl. Serve with the franks.

SHERRY BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine all ingredients, including cream sherry.
• Mix at low speed 1 minute, then at medium speed 3 minutes (or beat by hand 5 minutes).
• Turn into greased and floured 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Bake in 350 (F) oven 45 to 50 minutes, until springy to the touch.
• Cool on a rack for 15 minutes.
• Turn out onto a rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.

SHERRY TEA CAKES AND GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (12 cup) muffin tins with paper muffin cup liners.
• Combine cake mix, pudding mix, sherry, oil, eggs, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Beat for 2 minutes, or until well blended. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full. Bake for 18 minutes, or until light golden brown on top. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• When cupcakes are cool, ice them using a small spatula or butter knife. Let sit until glaze is set. Place sugared pink rose petals on the tops of each cupcakes. Stack 3 glass cake pedestals on top of each other. Arrange cupcakes on each tier.
• Sift confectioners' sugar into a large bowl. Gradually add sherry, whisking until smooth. Do not ice cupcakes until they have cooled completely.
• Beat 2 egg whites in a medium bowl until frothy. With a fine brush, apply a thin coat of egg whites to both sides of each petal. Sprinkle evenly with granulated sugar. Shake off excess sugar and let dry completely on a wire rack, about 2 hours, or let dry overnight.

SHERRY FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter with sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
• Separate the eggs and beat in the whites. Sift flour in the baking powder and gradually fold into the butter-sugar mixture with the salt. Mix well and add the ground almonds, candied peel and cherries. Add the currants with the soaking sherry. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold in.
• Grease an eight-inch round cake tin and line it with wax paper. Pour in the batter and decorate top with whole almonds. Bake one hour, then turn heat down to 300 degrees. Bake an hour more. The cake is done when a tester inserted in center comes out slightly sticky but pretty much clean.
• When cooked and while still hot, pour the remaining sherry over cake by spoonfuls and leave until cake is cold. Cover with sherry-soaked cheesecloth, wrap in aluminum foil and store in a tin or sealed plastic container.

SHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour 10-inch bundt pan.
• In large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, cooking oil, sherry, the 1 T butter flavoring and the nutmeg.
• Blend at low speed till combined.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Pour 1/3 cup batter into bundt pan.
• Combine the sugar and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle half of the sugar and cinnamon mixture over batter in pan.
• Add another 1/3 of the cake batter in pan.
• Sprinkle with remaining sugar and cinnamon mixture.
• Top with remaining batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
• Let cake cool in pan for about 15 minutes before placing on cake plate.
• For glaze, mix together the confectioners' sugar, the vanilla, milk and butter flavoring until smooth.
• Spoon over warm cake.

MOM'S SHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• (This recipe has three separate portions to combine together: the cake, the cinnamon mixture, and the frosting.) Combine cake ingredients and mix for 5 minutes in mixer on medium speed.
• Combine cinnamon mixture.
• Butter the sides and bottom of Bundt or angel food tin.
• Sprinkle part of cinnamon mixture into pan covering sides and bottom.
• Then pour cake batter into pan in three alternating layers with cinnamon mixture, ending with cinnamon mixture.
• Bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes, checking to make sure the sugar on the outside of the cake does not burn.
• Let cool; place on serving plate.
• Mix together powdered sugar and enough milk to make a "drizzly" consistency of frosting, then drizzle over the sides (both inside and outsides).
• Let frosting set before serving.
• Note: if your oven runs hot, you might want to try baking for 35 minutes to begin with, then remove cake from oven and taste-check a portion of the cake which doesn't show easily (such as the inner ring) to make sure the sugar coating isn't burning and the cake isn't drying out. Thank you, Michelle S., for the input that prompted me to edit the recipe for this! :).

FRUITCAKE WITH SHERRY

Steps:

• Bring first 7 ingredients to boil and boil for 3 minutes.
• Let cool or can be left till next day.
• Add 2 beaten eggs, the essences, sherry, flour and baking powder.
• Stir till combined and pour into a prepared 20cm cake tin.
• Bake at 140 degrees Centigrade for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
• Remove from tin and store in cake container for at least 3 days before cutting. It gets more moist the longer it is left.