Daisy Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Beat eggs in mixing bowl until frothy; beat in sugar in 4 or 5 separate additions; stir in vanilla.
• Next, stir in flour, baking powder and salt.
• Heat milk and butter together in small saucepan just until hot; add to batter, stirring slowly and carefully.
• Scrape into a greased 9-inch square cake pan and bake for about 25 minutes, or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
• Make topping-- combine last 4 ingredients together in a small saucepan; heat and stir until hot and sugar is dissolved.
• Spread topping over cake fresh from the oven; leave oven on.
• Return cake to oven and heat until topping is bubbling well, anywhere from 3-5 minutes.
• Variation: use chopped pecans or walnuts instead of the coconut.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Generously grease and flour a bundt pan.
• In a large mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in lemon extract. Add remaining ingredients. Blend at low speed just until thoroughly combined, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 55-60 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in the center. Cool 30 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely and drizzle with glaze.
• For glaze: In a small bowl, place the extract and powdered sugar; stir in only enough water to make proper drizzling consistency.

Steps:

• For the cake: Position the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 14 muffin cups with cupcake liners. Grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan.
• Prepare the cake batter according to the package instructions. Fill the prepared muffin cups halfway full with batter. Scrape the remaining batter (about 2 1/2 cups) into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake the cupcakes and cake, rotating the pans halfway through, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcakes and cake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes for the cupcakes and 23 to 28 minutes for the cake. Let cool in the pans about 10 minutes, then turn out onto cooling racks and let cool completely.
• For the frosting: Meanwhile, combine the butter, confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or in a large bowl if using a handheld electric mixer). Mix on low speed until mostly incorporated. Increase the speed to medium-high and mix until smooth.
• Transfer 3 cups of the frosting to a large pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch plain round tip (number 803).
• Transfer 1 cup of the frosting to a small bowl and tint with the golden yellow gel food coloring. Scrape the yellow frosting into a small pastry bag fitted with a 3/8-inch plain round tip (number 804).
• Cover the remaining frosting (about 2 cups) with plastic and reserve for frosting the cake.
• To assemble: Place the cake layer upside down on an extra-large cutting board or platter (at least 18-by-14-inches). Arrange the cupcakes in their liners around the cake to create a daisy shape. Pipe a border of the white frosting along the edges of the daisy. Using a small offset spatula, spread the reserved white frosting evenly inside the border to frost the top of the cake and bring the cupcakes and cake together into one cake.
• Gently invert a small bowl (with a diameter of about 3 1/2-inches) in the center of the cake to lightly indent a circle. Remove the bowl. Using the indented circle as a guideline, pipe small dollops of the yellow frosting with peaks to fill in the circle.
• Pipe a border of white frosting along the edge of each petal to define their shapes. To serve, remove the cupcakes and slice the cake.

Steps:

• Beat eggs and add sugar until fluffy.
• Sift flour, salt and baking powder.
• Add to egg mixture and mix until well combined.
• Heat milk and butter to boiling point, add to batter and add vailla.
• Beat slightly.
• Pour into a greased 8x8 pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• When done add topping right away.
• Topping.
• Mix brown sugar, milk, butter, coconut and nuts in a pot on stove until suagr has dissolved.
• Put on cake.
• Put back in the oven on broil until very light brown on the top.
• Remove from oven and cool completely before serving.

Steps:

• Beat oleo with vanilla extract.
• Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together.
• Add flour/sugar mix to the oleo mixture.
• Add milk. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Add eggs. Beat mixture 2 minutes longer.
• Pour batter into 2 greased/floured 9" layer pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour 2 8-inch round baking pans; set aside.
• In a large mixer bowl add the vegetable oil, egg and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
• Beat at medium speed until well mixed (1 minute).
• Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar; continue beating until well mixed (1 minute).
• Add the melted chocolate, 1 cup of the flour, 2/3 cup of the cocoa powder, the baking soda and salt. Beat at low speed until mixed.
• Add 1/2 cup of the water; beat at low speed until mixed.
• Add the remaining 1 cup flour and 1/2 cup water; beat at low speed until mixed, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Beat in 1 cup of the sour cream until mixed.
• Pour the batter evenly into the pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove the cake pans from the oven and cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
• Remove the cakes from the pans; cool completely.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, beat the butter at high speed until creamy (about 1 minute).
• Add 2/3 cup cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup powdered sugar.
• Beat the frosting at low speed until mixed.
• Add the remaining 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup sour cream and milk; beat at low speed until mixed, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
• Beat at medium speed until smooth and creamy.
• Place one cake, rounded side down, on the serving plate.
• Spoon and spread 1 cup of the frosting over the cake.
• Place the second cake, rounded side up, over the frosting.
• Frost the sides and top of the cake with the remaining frosting.
• Garnish if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Grease and flour an 8-inch cake pan.
• Combine the milk, 1 tablespoon butter, and vanilla extract in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then remove from the heat and set aside. Beat the eggs in a mixing bowl with a hand mixer until smooth. Slowly pour in the white sugar while beating on high speed. Stir in the flour mixture until a few large lumps of flour remain, then pour in the warm milk mixture, and continue stirring until smooth. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Stir 6 tablespoons butter, brown sugar, coconut, and cream together in a bowl until evenly mixed. Spread over the cooled cake to serve.

Steps:

• Trim the top of the cake with a long serrated knife to make the surface level. Using a ruler as a guide, insert toothpicks or wooden skewers into the sides of the cake at 2-inch intervals to mark two equal layers. Rest the serrated knife on the toothpicks, and halve the cake horizontally using a sawing motion. Carefully slide the top cake layer onto a cardboard round, and set it aside.
• With a small offset spatula, spread top of bottom layer with 1 1/4 cups frosting; carefully slide the second cake layer back on top of the first layer.
• Fit a pastry bag with a coupler, and fill with frosting (for petals); set aside. Tint 3/4 cup of remaining frosting dark green (for leaves and stems) and 1/3 cup frosting bright yellow (for dots); set aside. Tint 4 cups frosting chartreuse (for base coat) by mixing leaf green, lemon yellow, and a touch of egg yellow.
• Gently brush away loose crumbs from top and sides of cake with a pastry brush. With the offset spatula, spread about 1 1/2 cups chartreuse frosting over top and sides of cake to form a crumb coat. Refrigerate cake until frosting is firm, about 15 minutes.
• With a large offset spatula, spread about 2 more cups chartreuse frosting over top and sides to form a second coat. Smooth top and remove excess frosting with the large offset spatula. Smooth sides with a bench scraper. Return cake to refrigerator; chill until second coat is firm, about 15 minutes.
• Lightly score surface of cake with a knife to mark 8 wedges, wiping knife clean after making each mark.
• Decorate cake: Using green frosting and the #3 tip, pipe a slightly curved line for the stem. The daisy's petals are made with the #352 leaf tip. Using white frosting and holding the bag with the tip's pointed end facing up, apply pressure and pull out straight from the stem; release pressure and pull upward to finish each petal. Repeat, for twelve or more petals, wiping off the tip between strokes if necessary. Switch to yellow frosting and the #3 tip. Holding the bag at a 90 degree angle to the cake, make a mound of tiny dots in the center. Finally, with green frosting and the #352 leaf tip, pipe a small leaf originating at the base of the stem (using the same technique described for the petals).
• Refrigerate cake until ready to serve. Let stand at room temperature 20 minutes before serving. Slice into wedges: To avoid crumbs on surface, make each cut with one downward motion, pulling knife back toward you (not upward) and wiping knife clean after each cut.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla on high until thick and lemon-colored, about 4 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to egg mixture. Beat on low just until combined. Heat milk and butter in a small saucepan until butter melts. Add to batter; beat thoroughly (the batter will be thin). Pour into a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake until cake tests done, 20-25 minutes. Cool slightly. For frosting, blend all ingredients well; spread over warm cake. Broil about 4 in. from the heat for 3-4 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.