Chocolate Paradise Cake Dee Dees Recipes

Steps:

• 1. DIRECTIONS FOR CAKE: Combine flour, sugar and baking soda. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• 2. Spray 9-inch cake pans with non-vegetable spray (PAM). Spread 1/2 cup batter in pan and bake at 325 degrees about 10 minutes. Use a spatula to loosen layers when you remove from oven. DO NOT COOL IN PANS. Repeat this step until you have baked all 10 layers.
• 3. DIRECTIONS FOR FROSTING: Combine sugar and cocoa. Add milk and margarine and let come to a boil. Boil about 5 minutes (soft-ball stage when dropped in water). Frost cake while frosting is hot. Use about 5 soup spoons of frosting for each layer. Frost sides of cake before frosting top.

Steps:

• 1. Line a cookie shee with waxed or parchment paper.
• 2. Rinse the maraschino cherries, drain thoroughly, and let dry on paper towels, turning often. The cherries must be completely dry or the chocolate will seize and get crumbly.
• 3. Place about 2-3 squares at a time of chocolate almond bark in a bowl and gently melt in the microwave. Be careful not to over process the chocolate. You want it melted but not liquid. Thick enough to get at good coating.
• 4. Dip dry cherries in melted chocolate to completely cover up to the stem. Place on lined cookie sheet. Immediately press on Hershey Kiss, flat side to the front of the dipped cherry, to form a head.
• 5. While chocolate is still warm, wedge two sliced almonds between chocolate chip and cherry to form ears. Let cool.
• 6. Use a toothpick to dab nose and beady red eyes on either side of the Hersheys Kiss with the red gel icing.
• 7. Refrigerate to firmly set chocolate.
• 8. NOTE: Use both white chocolate and dark chocolate for a variety.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a 13X9-inch baking pan with nonstick baking spray with flour. Set aside. In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, and salt; set aside. In a large saucepan, combine butter, oil, cocoa, and water, whisking until blended. Bring just to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until butter melts and mixture is smooth. Add chocolate mixture, buttermilk, baking soda, vinegar, vanilla, and eggs to flour mixture, beating at medium speed with a mixer until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Punch holes in cake with a fork or an ice pick. Pour chocolate icing over hot cake. Cool completely on a wire rack. Chocolate icing: In a medium saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, and milk; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Beat at medium speed with a mixer until smooth.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• 2. Finely chop pears; refrigerate. NOTE: I used a blender to chop pears.
• 3. In large bowl, combine cake mix, reserved pear liquid (plus enough water to make 1¼ cups), margarine, honey, orange peel and eggs at low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes at highest speed. Pour into prepared pans.
• 4. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5. Cool in pans 15 minutes; remove from pans to rack. Cool completely.
• 6. In small bowl, blend filling ingredients; set aside.
• 7. In large bowl, beat cream until slightly thickened. Blend in powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until firm peaks form (do no over beat).
• 8. Slice each cake layer in half to make 4 layers. Place 1 layer on serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting; top with second layer; spread with half of pear filing. Repeat layers, ending with pear filling, spreading pear filling to within 1 inch of edge on top layer; frost top edge and side of cake with remaining frosting. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. Store any leftovers in refrigerator.
• 9. NOTE: frost sides of cake with chocolate frosting (add 1/2 tsp orange flavoring) in place of whipped cream frosting if desired