Mystery Cake Food

TOMATO SOUP CAKE

Steps:

• Spray a 9x13 baking pan with cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer with the beater blade, cream together the butter and the sugar.
• Add in the eggs and mix well.
• Add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder and spices. Mix well.
• Lastly, add in the soup, walnuts and raisins. Mix until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Pour the batter into the baking pan and bake for 28-30 minutes or until the center of the cake tests done.
• Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack before frosting.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese and vanilla (using a hand or stand mixer) until smooth.
• Add in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
• Use a rubber spatula to spread the cream cheese frosting over the cooled cake.
• Sprinkle with walnuts.
• Store any leftover cake in the refrigerator in a sealed container.

JAMAICAN MYSTERY CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and sugar in mixing bowl.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• Fold in mashed banana and walnuts.
• Pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan and bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Let cool in pan 5 mins, invert on cake rack to cool.
• For icing: In small bowl cream butter and sugar at medium speed.
• Using high speed add eggs one at at time, beating well after each addtion.
• Blend in dissolved instant coffee mixture.
• To assemble: Slice cake in half lengthwise.
• Place bottom layer cut side up on cake platter.
• Slice banana and arrange evenly over cake.
• Sprinkle with Grand Marnier.
• Spread one-half of icing over bananas.
• Add top layer and frost top only with remaining icing.
• Garnish with walnuts.
• Refrigerate.

MYSTERY MOCHA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the chocolate and butter together over hot water.
• Meanwhile, sift together 1 1/4 cups of the sugar, sifted flour, baking powder and salt.
• Stir the dry mixture into the chocolate mixture and blend. Stir in the milk and vanilla.
• Pour into a greased, square 9 by 9-inch cake pan.
• Mix brown sugar, remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cocoa powder and sprinkle over the batter.
• Pour coffee over and bake for 40 minutes.
• Serve warm from the pan.

MYSTERY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms and sides of 2 round cake pans, 8 or 9 inch, with shortening; lightly flour.
• Beat all ingredients except carrots and pecans in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Stir in carrots and pecans.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 9 inch pans for 30-35 minutes, 8 inch pans for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Fill layers and frost top with Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows).
• Store covered in refrigerator.
• Cream Cheese Frosting : 1/4 cup margarine or butter, softened, 8 ounces cream cheese, 3 to 31/2 cups powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, dash of salt. Beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Gradually stir in powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt until smooth and spreadable.

BETTY CROCKER MYSTERY FRUITCAKE (1957)

Steps:

• 1. Step one: Bake a Betty Crocker Spice cake mix per the package instructions. Cool the cake and crumble it into a very large bowl or pan.
• 2. ALTERNATIVE TO STEP ONE: Bake a white or yellow cake mix to which you have added: -- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon -- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg -- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger -- 1/4 teaspoon allspice or cloves
• 3. Step two: Add all the fruit to crumbled cake and stir -- probably with your hands inside a couple of plastic bags -- or plastic gloves if you have them -- or a large wooden spoon would do, as well.
• 4. Step three: Open the can of fluffy frosting and mix it with the cake and fruit (If you have it in a box, then make the frosting and add to the fruit.)
• 5. Step four: Line a tube pan with foil and fill with the mixture. NOTE: Personally, I don't like my food to touch foil -- so I would use parchment paper following these instructions: A. Prepare one-piece tube pan (10x4): Cut heavy brown paper bottom (trace bottom of pan) and one 4" wide strip to go around the inside of the pan (slit the top every half inch or so, to conform to shape of pan), and another 5" wide to go around the tube. B. Lightly grease the pan with butter, place the paper liners inside, then lightly butter the paper (or can grease the paper before putting into pan -- greased side next to cake, not the pan.) The grease on the pan, holds the paper, the grease on the paper is for the cake.)
• 6. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before eating
• 7. Makes a 5 pound cake

MYSTERY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar on high speed until well-combined, 3 to 5 minutes. On low speed, beat in the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the tomato soup in 2 parts. Fold in the nuts and raisins. Spread the batter into the pan and smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack.
• If you choose to make the frosting, combine the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and sugar in the bowl of a mixer and mix until just smooth and creamy. If the frosting is too stiff, beat for a few seconds longer, being careful not to overbeat it. If you choose, stir in the zest, cinnamon or liqueur.
• To serve, remove the cake from the pan and either sprinkle with powdered sugar or cover with the frosting.

MYSTERY MOCHA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the chocolate and butter together over hot water. Meanwhile, sift together 1 1/4 cups of the sugar, sifted flour, baking powder and salt. Stir the dry mixture into the chocolate mixture and blend. Stir in the milk and vanilla. Pour into a greased, square 9 by 9-inch cake pan. Mix brown sugar, remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cocoa powder and sprinkle over the batter. Pour coffee over and bake for 40 minutes. Serve warm or cold from the pan.