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I've been given the wonderful opportunity to make a birthday cake for a friend of mine that's turning 25 next Saturday. Anyone got suggestions for a special and great cake recipe? I've been looking through all my recipes and am not finding any one that just calls out to be made.

Edited to specify: Female friend. :)
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BETTER THAN BRAD PITT CAKE
Quick and easy! Better than Brad Pitt? You'll have to think about that!
Makes 9 x 13 inch cake

Ingredients:
1 box (18.25 ounce) yellow cake mix
2 cans (6.5 ounce) crushed pineapple
3/4 cup white sugar
2 packages(3.5 ounce) vanilla instant pudding
3 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
3/4 cup flaked coconut, toasted
Directions:
1. Prepare vellow cake as directed, using a 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake until done, and remove from oven. Poke holes in the top of the cake using a fork.
2. In a saucepan, combine pineapple with juices and sugar. Cook over medium heat until syrup thickens. Pour over top of warm cake, and cool.
3. In another bowl, beat milk with pudding. Spread over the pineapple mixture.
4. Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form, and then beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Spread whipped cream over pudding. Sprinkle toasted coconaut over the top of the cake. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

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My favorite cake? It envolves a lot of beer, spices, onions, bar-b-q sauce, tabassco...ok, well by cake I guess I should say Brisket, but that'd be better then a cake on a birthday.B|

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I tell you what, you will never have a better chocolate cake than this......
Man, i miss my grandmas cake...:P

Chocolate Mayonaise Cake
2 c Flour
1 c Sugar
1/3 c Cocoa
2 t Baking Soda
1 c Warm Water
1 t Vanilla
1 c Mayonnaise

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together dry ingredients.
Stir in water and vanilla.
Mix in mayonaise.
Spread batter in greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

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If you have lots of time and the right tools, my Joy of Cooking says that nothing is better than a home-made angel food cake. Definitely not too sweet, too.

That said, Boston Cream Pie is a really good choice; you can make the custard with less sugar, and the chocolate topping with bittersweet. It's a wonderful combination.

Wendy W.
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I made this vegan german chocolate cake just the other day for my best friends b-day. No one at the party noticed the lack of animal products...they were too into how yummy it was! It rocked to say the least! Here's the recipe if you are interested.

-4 ounces pitted prunes (3/4 cup)
-1/2 cup water
-2 tablespoons powdered egg replacer
-1/2 cup water
-2 cups sugar
-2 cups all purpose flour (unbleached)
-3/4 cups cocoa
-2 teaspoons baking soda
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1 cup soymilk
-2 teaspoons white vinegar

VEGAN GERMAN COCOLATE CAKE

Cake: Preheat oven to 350.
In food processor or blender, chop prunes.
With motor running add water.
Puree, stopping to scrape sides, unitl mixture resembles smooth paste, about 5 minutes.
Transfer to bowl of mixer.

In separte bowl, combine egg replacer with water, mixing with wisk until smooth.
Add to prune puree in mixer bowl, mining at med. speed until smooth and fluffy.
While beating, gradually add sugar.
Beat until light and fluffy.

In separte bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In small bowl, combine soymilk and vinegar.
Stir to mix.
Let stand a few minutes until clabbered.

Add flour-cocoa mixture to prune-sugar mixture alternately with soymilk, beating constantly until batter is light and fluffy.
Scrape bottom of bowl several times.

Divide batter among 3 nine-inch pans that have been lighly oiled and their bottoms lined with waxed paper.
Bake until cake springs back when touched in center and wooden pick inserted comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

Remove from oven and place pans on cooling racks.
Run spatula carefully around edge.
Let cake cool in pans until room temp, about 20 minutes.

Frost in between layers and tops and sides with Coconut Pecan frosting.

COCONUT PECAN FROSTING

-1 stick margarine
-3/4 cup sugar
-1 1/2 cup shredded coconut
-1 cup pecans
-1/2 cup soymilk
-1 tsp. vanilla

Boil together all ingredients in a med. to large saucepan over med.-high heat for 12 minutes, stirring constantly with a wooden (or plastic) spoon. Pour then spread on cake while frosting is still warm. Let set up for a few minutes before serving.

This is so yum...hope you enjoy.

x's and o's,

Hol :)
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-4 ounces pitted prunes (3/4 cup)




When did they start putting prunes in chocolate cakes? Thats like putting ex-LAX in someones coffee.....it's just so wrong :D
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