what birthday cake shall i make for myself?

Question

it's my 16th, and i'm thinking of Baked Alska.
any other suggestions that i might want to try?

for info: i love baking, but my mom is going to help

Answer 1

Hamburger Cake
Yields: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
yellow paste food coloring
brown paste food coloring
3/4 cup prepared chocolate frosting


DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven according to cake mix directions. Butter and flour one 8 inch round and one 9 inch round cake pan and one 2 quart ovenproof bowl 8 inches in diameter.
2. Prepare cake mixes. Pour 1 3/4 cups of the white mix into the 8 inch round cake pan, and the rest into the 2 quart bowl. Pour 1 3/4 cups of the chocolate mix into the 9 inch round pan.
3. Bake 8 inch cake for 25 minutes, 9 inch cake for 20 minutes and bowl cake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on racks.
4. In separate small bowls, tint small amounts of vanilla frosting red and yellow, to use as ketchup and mustard. Tint remaining vanilla frosting light brown, using brown and yellow food coloring.
5. For bun bottom, frost the 8 inch cake with light brown frosting.
6. For hamburger patty, spread top and sides of 9 inch chocolate cake with chocolate frosting Lightly press all around sides of cake with folded paper towel, pulling towel straight out to create rough edge of burger. center cake on top of bun bottom.
7. For cheese, arrange orange fruit chews in single layer on microwave-safe plate. Microwave on High 10-15 seconds or until slightly softened. With hands, press and flatten chews together to form 9 inch square. Place on top of hamburger patty. On work surface sprinkled with granulated sugar roll out 5 leaf-shaped gumdrops to 1/8 inch thickness to form 1 large lettuce leaf; repeat rolling with 6 more gumdrops to form another leaf. Arrange over cheese near edges of burger. For tomatoes, roll out red gumdrops individually to 1/8 inch thickness. Arrange over lettuce around burger edges. For onion rings, roll out white gumdrops to 1/8 inch thickness. With round cookie cutters or sharp knife cut out circles; cut 1/4 inch thick rings from circles with small cutters. Re-roll scraps to make additional rings; arrange rings over tomatoes. Arrange fruit-slice candies over onions for pickles. Pipe red and yellow icing around edges of burger for ketchup and mustard.
8. For bun top: If necessary, trim bowl cake so that it will be flat on the bottom when inverted. Invert firm paper plate onto work surface. Center bowl cake, trimmed side down, on top of plate. Starting from the top, spread remaining light brown frosting in lines down sides of cake, turning plate after each section. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Carefully place on top of the cake.
(this is defintely a cake people won't forget)
or try
Red Velvet Cake
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 oz red food coloring
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoons vinegar
PREPARATION:
Cream shortening; beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Make paste of cocoa and food coloring; add to creamed mixture. Add salt, flour and vanilla alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Sprinkle soda over vinegar; pour vinegar over batter.
Stir until thoroughly mixed. Bake in 3 8-inch pans or 2 9-inch pans for 30 minutes at 350°.

Answer 2

you must have pineapple upside-down cake in a skillet.
Ingredients
1/4 cup butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup chopped pecans
20-ounce can of pineapple slices, drained, reserving 5 tablespoons juice
3 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
maraschino cherries
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Procedure
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Melt the butter in a 9-inch cast iron skillet. Add the brown sugar and pecans; stir well to thoroughly combine, then turn off the heat -- don't cook it. Arrange 8 pineapple slices in a single layer over the brown sugar mixture (your 9-inch skillet should accommodate 8 slices without overlapping). Set the skillet aside.
Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; set aside.
Beat the egg yolks at medium speed until they are thick and lemon colored. Gradually add the sugar, continuing to beat. Add the flour mixture to the yolk mixture, and stir in the reserved pineapple juice.
Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold the whites into the cake batter. Pour or spoon the batter evenly over the pineapple slices.
Bake at 350°F for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool the cake in the skillet for 30 minutes; then invert it onto a serving plate. Place a maraschino cherry in the center of each pineapple ring

Answer 3

This is the birthday cake my daughter started making me last year and it is divine!!!! Bake a butter pecan cake according to cake mix directions. Let it cool somewhat. Poke it with holes, I always use the handle on my wooden spoon. Poor 1 can of sweet and condensed milk over the top. Refrigerate. Just before it is served, you 'ice' it with cool-whip then add crushed toffee bars on top. Very, very good.

Answer 4

What about a strawberry mousse cake or strawberry short cake. Here's one version of the mousse cake, you can substitute different cakes for the almond génoise, I made a version once with finger ladies that was really good.

STRAWBERRY MOUSSE CAKE

Serves 8

1 recipe almond génoise

For syrup:
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice

For mousse:
11/2 cups hulled and cleaned strawberries
2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups whipping cream
1 cup halved strawberries
1/2 cup currant jelly

Prepare almond genoise.

Syrup:
In a medium saucepan, combine syrup ingredients. Heat to dissolve sugar.

Mousse:
Puree strawberries in food processor. Strain through fine sieve to make 1 cup.

Dissolve gelatin in 1/4 cup of the puree. Heat remaining puree with sugar to dissolve. Add gelatin to melt. Let mixture stand until cool but not set.

Whip the cream to form peaks. Fold into strawberry mixture.
Cut the two cakes in halves lengthwise. Line bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with cardboard. Line with 1 cake layer. Brush with syrup. Spread with 1/4 of the mousse. Continue with remaining layers. Decorate top with strawberries.

Answer 5

Boston cream pie/cake--yummy
Italian Creme Cake
Red Velvet Cake

My favorite is chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. I love it!

Answer 6

Triple layer chocolate cake, with extra chocolate frosting. I mean, like DOUBLE the amount of frosting a regular (i.e. boring) person would use. Excessive? Of course it is! And isn't that the point? It's a special day for you. Make it one to remember. (And speaking of remembering.....remember that it's always polite to share.) (I like corner pieces, by the way. More frosting on the corners.) (If you were really nice you could give me two pieces.) (If you were really nice, that is.)

Answer 7

I think its called a Grass Hopper. Pretty yummi!! Happy Birthday!!!

Answer 8

Well carrot cake......chocolate brownie cake....... lemon creme cake.....cake with any pudding filling.....Now I want cake yummy!!!!!

Answer 9

carrot cake is very delicious ... the frosting is to die for.

look on www.foodnetwork.com for a recipe.

yummm! and happy birthday!

Answer 10

devil's food cake!

Answer 11

why are u doin it yur self let parents/family/friends make it fer u............