All of the following recipes call for using beaters, unless otherwise
specified.
VANILLA BUTTER CREAM
FROSTING
⁄
cup
butter or margarine,
1
2
softened
2 tsp
vanilla extract
3 cups
confectioners sugar
4 TBL
cream
Place all ingredients in a large
mixing bowl. Starting at Speeds
1-2 begin incorporating sugar into
other ingredients. Gradually increase
to Speeds 9-10 and whip until
frosting
reaches
consistency. Add more sugar if
mixture is too thin and more cream if
it is too thick.
Makes: 2 cups
Frosts: 1 10-inch Bundt cake or
two 8-inch layers
CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAM
FROSTING
Using above recipe, add
cocoa and increase sugar to 3
cups.
a
spreading
⁄
cup
1
3
⁄
1
2
15
EASY CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE
1 pkg. (12 oz.) chocolate chip
morsels
⁄
cup
water
1
2
2
⁄
cups
cake flour
1
2
2 tsp
baking soda
⁄
tsp
salt
1
2
⁄
cup
butter or margarine
1
2
2 cups
sugar
4
eggs
1 cup
buttermilk
Melt chocolate in water in a
saucepan or microwave oven; allow
to cool slightly. Sift flour with baking
powder and salt and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and
flour a 10-inch Bundt pan. Place
butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.
Start blending at Speeds 1-2,
increasing to Speeds 7-8. Add one
egg at a time, blend until the mixture
is light and fluffy.
Slowly add chocolate to mixture and
continue to beat on a high speed
until all the chocolate is blended into
the mixture. Add flour mixture,
alternating
with
beginning and ending with flour
mixture. Blend at Speeds 3-4 just
until smooth. Pour batter into pan
and bake for 35-40 minutes or until
a toothpick inserted in center of the
cake comes out clean. Cool and
frost with Vanilla or Chocolate Butter
Cream
Frosting
powdered sugar.
Makes: 1 10-inch Bundt cake
buttermilk,
or
top
with