Mexican Fruit Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe 425

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir all cake ingredients together by hand. Spread evenly in 9- x 13-inch greased baking dish and bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 to 45 minutes. While cake is baking, make frosting. In large bowl, using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, margarine, and vanilla until smooth. Add sugar and continue to beat until well combined. Pour frosting over the cake immediately upon taking the cake out of the oven. Cool the frosted cake in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• For the chocolate cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Mix the flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, chipotle powder, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl until blended. Add the oil, milk, vanilla and eggs and beat with an electric mixer until thoroughly blended, about 2 minutes.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans and bake until a wooden pick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Cool on a rack 10 minutes, then invert the pans to remove the cakes and cool completely.
• For the cream cheese frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thoroughly combined and smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and continue to beat until the frosting is very smooth, about 2 minutes.
• Spoon 2 cups of the frosting onto the top of one cake layer and smooth evenly with an offset spatula. Top with the second layer. Spoon just enough frosting on top to make a thin but even coating of frosting on top and all along the sides of the cake; it is okay if this frosting gets messy and full of crumbs. Freeze the cake until the frosting is firm, about 10 minutes.
• Spoon the remaining frosting onto the cake and smooth evenly over the entire cake with the offset spatula. Dust lightly with cocoa powder and serve.

Steps:

• 1. Grease and flour 13 x 9 baking pan and preheat the oven to 350*F. Mix all the cake ingredients together by hand and then pour the mixture into the pan. Bake for 40 minutes, when the top of the cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 2. Mexican Wedding Cake Cream Cheese Frosting: 1 cup sugar 1 stick of butter, softened 8 ounces of cream cheese 1 tsp. vanilla Cream the icing ingredients together, and then ice the cake when it is cooled. This recipe makes one sheet cake with 20 to 24 servings.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat eggs and sugar. Beat well. Add remainder of cake ingredients and mix well.
• Pour into greased and floured 9x13 inch pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Top with Cream Cheese Frosting.
• Cream Cheese Frosting: Let cream cheese and margarine soften to room temperature. Cream them with vanilla. Sift sugar. Mix in a little at a time and mix well. Beat until smooth and creamy.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix all of the cake ingredients together.
• Pour into a 13x9-inch pan greased with margarine.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes.
• Blend all of the frosting ingredients until smooth.
• Frost cake while hot.

Steps:

• Place both raisins, currants, dates and almonds in a large bowl. Add the brandy, mix to combine and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to soak in a cool dark place overnight, mixing occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 140°C (275°F). Line a 20cm (8-inch) square cake tin with 2 layers of non-stick baking paper. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium speed for 8 minutes or until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Set aside.
• Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and allspice to the soaked fruit and mix well, ensuring the fruit is evenly coated with flour. Add the butter mixture and stir until well combined. Spoon into the tin and smooth the top. Bake for 2 hours or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
• Spoon over the extra brandy while the cake is still warm. Allow to cool completely in the tin, before turning out onto a cake stand or plate to serve.
• Keep this cake in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for up to 2 months.