Midnight Bliss Cake Food

BAKER'S ONE BOWL MIDNIGHT BLISS CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat all ingredients except coffee granules, chopped chocolate and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in coffee and chopped chocolate.
• Pour into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely. Sprinkle with sugar just before serving.

MIDNIGHT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt or tube pan OR one 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, and with an electric mixer, combine dry ingredients.
• Add the liquid ingredients (except for the boiling water), and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 25-30 minutes for the 9x13-inch rectangular pan, or bake for 40-45 minutes if using a bundt or tube pan-- or until toothpick in center comes out clean. (Everyone's oven is different, but I baked mine for 41 minutes in a bundt pan).
• Remove cake from oven, and cool completely on rack.
• After cake has cooled completely, frost as desired, or dust top of cake with confectioners' sugar.
• Ganache:.
• Place all ganache ingredients in a microwave safe dish (I use a 4 cup measuring cup) and microwave on high for approximately 1 minute--maybe a little more or less than a minute depending on your microwave.
• Wisk together until chocolate is shiny and of "drizzly" consistency.
• Drizzle on top of cake if you used a bundt cake or spread on cake if you used a 9 X 13 pan.
• Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
• **This cake makes: One 9 x 13 rectangular cake or one 10-inch bundt or tube cake.

BLACK MIDNIGHT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour pans. 13x9x2 or two 9 inch or three 8 inch round layer pans. Measure all ingredients into large mixer bowl.Blend 1/2 minute on low speed, scraping bowl constantly. Beat 3 minutes high speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).
• Bake oblong about 45 minutes, layers 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick insterted in center comes out clean. Cool.
• Frost with your favorite frosting or just sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

MIDNIGHT BLISS CAKE

Steps:

• Beat all ingredients except chopped chocolate in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened, scraping side of bowl often.
• Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes or until well blended.
• Stir in chopped chocolate.
• Spoon batter into lightly greased and floured 12 cup fluted tube pan or 10 inch tube pan Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out cleanl Cool in pan for 10 minutes or wore rack.
• Loosen cake from side of pan with spatula or knife.
• Invert cake onto rack and gently remove cake.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
• Drizzle with melted chocolate and serve with raspberries, if desired.

LEMON BLISS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Lightly grease a 10" tube pan, or a 9" to 10", 9- to 10-cup capacity bundt-style pan.
• Beat together the butter, sugar, and salt, first till combined, then till fluffy.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add the baking powder, then add the flour alternately with the milk, starting and ending with the flour. Mix until smooth. Stir in the grated lemon rind or lemon oil.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with a spatula.
• Bake the cake for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
• While the cake is baking, make the glaze by stirring together the lemon juice and sugar. Set it aside.
• Remove the cake from the oven, and set it on a rack. After 5 minutes, run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen, and turn the cake out onto a rack. Place another rack on top, and flip it over, so it's right-side-up.
• Poke the hot cake all over with a cake tester or toothpick.
• Stir the glaze to combine, and immediately brush it on the hot cake. Let it sink in, then brush on more glaze, continuing until all the glaze is used up.
• Allow the cake to cool before slicing.