Vanilla Dusty Ol Okie Rose Cake Food

VANILLA DUSTY OL' OKIE-ROSE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 10-cup rose-shaped Bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix together strawberries, preserves, cream cheese, and white chocolate; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together granulated sugar and butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together cake flour, corn flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture in two additions, alternating with the buttermilk and mixing well after each addition.
• Pour half the batter into the prepared Bundt pan. Spoon reserved strawberry mixture into pan; top with remaining batter. Transfer Bundt pan to oven and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes. Let cool for 20 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle tequila over cake, if using; let cool 20 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together confectioners' sugar and vanilla bean seeds; dust cake with vanilla sugar and garnish with rose petals or sanding sugar, if desired. Serve with whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE OLIVE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Grease your springform pan with a little oil and line the base with parchment paper.
• Measure and sift the cocoa powder into a bowl or pitcher and whisk in the boiling water until you have a smooth, chocolatey, still runny (but only just) paste. Whisk in the vanilla extract, then set aside to cool a little.
• In another smallish bowl, combine the almond meal (or all-purpose flour) with the baking soda and pinch of salt.
• Put the sugar, olive oil, and eggs into the bowl of a freestanding mixer with the paddle attachment (or other bowl and whisk arrangement of your choice) and beat together vigorously for about 3 minutes, until you have a pale-primrose, aerated, and thickened cream.
• Turn the speed down a little and pour in the cocoa mixture, beating as you go, and when all is scraped in, you can slowly tip in the almond meal (or all-purpose flour) mixture.
• Scrape down, and stir a little with a spatula, then pour this dark, liquid batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until the sides are set and the very center, on top, still looks slightly damp. A cake tester should come up mainly clean but with a few sticky chocolate crumbs clinging to it.
• Let it cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack, still in its pan, and then ease the sides of the cake with a small metal spatula and spring it out of the pan. Leave to cool completely or eat while still warm with some ice cream, as a dessert.

OOEY GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Mix cake mix, melted butter and one egg.
• Add pecans to bottom layer.
• Pat into 13x9 inch pan.
• In a separate bowl beat cheese until fluffy.
• Add 2 remaining eggs to cheese and mix well.
• Add powdered sugar and beat until lumps are gone.
• Pour this mixture over cake in pan.
• bake at 350 for 30-45 minutes or until topping is golden.
• Allow to cool somewhat to set topping (slides off when warm).