Wedding Light Cake Recipes

1. Put the larger cake on the platter and spread two-thirds of the royal icing over it, swirling it in an even layer with a palette knife. Place the smaller cake on top and cover it with the remaining icing. 2. To frost the herb sprigs, put the lightly beaten... - 39.4791

Grease and flour 8-cup (2 L) and 12-cup (3 L) cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed or parchment paper and set aside. In very large bowl, beat together butter, sugar, lemon rind and almond extract until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well... - 39.1346

Sift flour, baking powder, and spices together 3 times. Cream butter. Gradually add sugar; cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs, fruits, peels, nuts, honey, molasses, and cider. Gradually add sifted dry ingredients, beating after each addition until... - 45.7091

1. Place the cake on the board. Reserve 200 g (7 oz) of the icing. Dust your work surface with icing sugar and roll out the remainder of the icing to a circle, 38 cm (15 inches) across. Lift the icing over the cake and smooth it around the sides, trimming off... - 40.7743

GETTING READY: 1. Preheat oven to 350°. MAKING: 2. Prepare the batter using 3 cups and 2 tablespoons flour, when you bake the cake in one large pan. 3. Take a large bowl and mix together flour, baking powder and salt twice. 4. In s separate bowl, beat... - 44.1097

Heat oven to 350°. In large mixer bowl beat egg whites at high speed, scraping bowl often, until soft peaks form (3 to 4 minutes). Continue beating, gradually adding 11/3 cups sugar, until stiff, but not dry peaks form (1 to 2 minutes). Set aside. In another... - 44.4501

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 375° F. Grease a 9-inch round, 3-inch deep cake pan. 2) In a food processor, grind the walnuts to a fine powder. METHOD 3) In a large bowl, add egg yolks, sugar and water. Whisk to get a frothy mixture. Gently fold in... - 45.4767

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Gradually add flour; mix well. Beat in vanilla. Stir in pecans. Shape table-spoonfuls into 2-in crescents. Place 2 in apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Roll... - 35.6085

MAKING 1) In a large bowl, beat the butter or margarine and shortening until soft. 2) While still beating add in 10X sugar and salt, and beat until mixture is crumbly and all of the sugar has been added. 3) Stream in milk, brandy, corn syrup and vanilla in... - 37.1354

Cream butter until light and fluffy. Add 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar and continue creaming until smooth; beat in vanilla and salt. Mix in flour, then the filberts. Wrap dough in foil and chill several hours until firm. Preheat oven to 350° F. Pinch off-bits... - 37.7509

1. In a medium bowl, beat butter and 1/4 cup powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. 2. Add flour and mix until blended. Stir in hazelnuts, coconut, and orange zest. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour,... - 26.767

GETTING READY 1. Preheat oven to 325°F MAKING 2. In large bowl, beat half a cup of the powdered sugar, the butter and vanilla until light and fluffy; use an electric mixer on medium speed and scrape the bowl occasionally 3. Turn the speed to low, beat... - 41.6737

1 Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Heat milk and butter to hot (120°-130°F). 2 Add egg and milk mixture to flour mixture. Mix thoroughly. 3 Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until... - 41.5136

Sift dry ingredients; rub in butter with tips of fingers; add sugar and oatmeal. Spread one half crumbs in greased shallow pan 8"xl4", pat lightly to make smooth. Cover with cooled date filling, then with remaining crumbs and bake at 350° F. 30 to 35... - 37.6654

1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease well a 9-inch tube pan. 2. Sift flour with baking powder, salt and nutmeg. 3. In large bowl, combine currants, candied fruits and peels, raisins and cherries; mix well. 4. In large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed,... - 45.4868

1. Preheat oven to 400°. 2. In medium bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat together butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth and creamy. Beat in vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour and salt. Beat in hazelnuts. Roll into 1-inch... - 31.8538

Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans; set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). In a large mixer bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Sift together... - 48.0459

GETTING READY 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2. Grease two 9-inch round cake tins with butter and lightly dust them with flour. MAKING 3. In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. 4. In a large bowl, beat butter or margarine... - 48.9093

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 325°F. 2) Lightly grease a 9X5X3-inch loaf pan and dust with flour. 3) In a small bowl, place chocolate and slowly stream boiling water over it, stir until melted. 4) Leave the chocolate mixture to cool and set... - 46.2073

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 325°F 2) Lightly grease three 8X1/2-inch layer-cake pans and line with wax paper and grease paper. MAKING Best Sponge Cake 3) In a bowl, sift together, flour and salt. 4) In a large bowl, beat egg whites until doubles in... - 44.328

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2) Lightly grease a 13X9X2-inch baking pan and dust with flour. 3) In a small bowl, mix together raisins, nuts with 1 tablespoon of flour and set aside. 4) In a large mixer bowl, sift together remaining flour,... - 46.767

1. Slice any dome off the top of the cake. Using a ruler as a guide, cut the cake vertically in half. Cut each half into 3 equal vertical slices and lay the slices together on their sides to make one large rectangle. Cut horizontally through the whole... - 40.5731

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 275°F. 2) Liberally grease and flour a 6x3 inches round mould. BRANDY-APRICOT GLAZE- 3) In a saucepan place the apricot preserves and heat until very warm. 4) Mix in apricot brandy. 5) Strain the apricot mixture, set... - 46.7006

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2) Lightly grease a 13X9X2-inch baking pan and dust with flour. 3) In a mixer bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt . MAKING 4) Stir in eggs, shortening, milk, and vanilla. 5) Using an electric... - 47.3857

Cream margarine and sugar replacement until light and fluffy. Blend in baking chocolate and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating for 5 minutes after each addition. Turn into meringue nests. Chill at least 1 to 2 hours before serving. Top each nest with 1... - 34.0678

1. Slice any dome off the top of the cake. Cut a slice 8 cm (3 1/4 inches) wide off the cake and then cut off (and discard) one-third of the slice to leave 2 rectangular pieces. Halve each horizontally and sandwich with buttercream. Place the larger cake on... - 36.9613

GETTING READY 1. Preheat oven to 350°. 2. Take a 1-quart saucepan, add margarine or butter and melt it for preparing crust. 3. Take off from heat and add ¼ cup sugar and crushed vanilla wafers. 4. Use a 10-inch springform pan to press the mixture on bottom... - 48.2344

Mix flour and sugar together in a medium-size bowl; cut in butter or margarine with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add egg yolks and vanilla; mix lightly with a fork just until pastry holds together and leaves side of bowl clean. Chill until ready... - 31.1954

MAKING 1) Grease line and flour an 8 inch spring form pan 2) On top of double boiler, place the chocolate and melt slowly 3) Take the bowl of chocolate off the heat and allow to cool slightly 4) Into a bowl add the butter and sugar and cream well using an... - 46.5976

GETTING READY 1) Take a 23x13cm/9x5 inch loaf tin. 2) Line the tin with silicon paper. MAKING 3) In a bowl, beat... - 47.3378

GETTING READY 1) Preheat the oven to 350°F. 2) Lightly grease three 9X1 1/2-inch baking pan and line with wax paper and grease paper. 3) In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Chocolate Cream 4) In a bowl, beat the egg yolks with water... - 46.5324

GETTING READY 1. Line a 7 inch tart or flan tin with rolled pastry dough to make a pastry shell. 2. Place the tin on a baking sheet. 3. Preheat the oven to 375°F, 190°C MAKING 4. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar using a wooden spoon or... - 45.8815

1. When the choux pastry buns are cool, fill each one with a heaped teaspoonful of the white chocolate ganache. 2. Break half the plain chocolate into pieces and put them in a bowl over a saucepan of lightly simmering water until the chocolate has melted. Dip... - 31.5932

GETTING READY 1. Take an 8 x 8 in cake pan and line the bottom and sides with waxed paper. 2. Use arrowroot flour to sprinkle the bottom. MAKING 3. Into a saucepan add the orange juice freshly squeezed from oranges followed by adding the almonds and honey. 4.... - 42.1792

GETTING READY 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 2. Use a 20cm non-stick square cake tin to bake the pudding in. Butter the pan and line it with greaseproof paper. MAKING 3. Tear the bread slices into large pieces and dump them into a mixing... - 46.8202

GETTING READY 1) Take a 9-inch round layered cake pan and lightly grease it. MAKING 2) Take a mixing bowl and combine 6 1/2 cups flour, salt, yeast and sugar in it. Add butter and hot water. Beat until mixture turns smooth. Gently stir in remaining 1/2 cup... - 45.2244