Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Scrumptious Starburst Cake




I must admit, this is my favorite recipe so far...it was so delicious! I've had this idea in my mind for awhile, so I was thrilled when my husband signed me up to bring dessert to his work party a few months ago.

Since it was awhile ago, the doughdough is having a hard time remembering the recipes. Oops. I did figure it out though. Trust me, this cake is so good. And easy!

Lemon Cake

1 box Pillsbury Golden Butter Recipe Yellow Cake Mix
1 cup water
1/3 cup softened butter
3 eggs
1 small box lemon instant pudding
1/2 cup applesauce

Make the cake with the instructions on the box. (Or make any yellow cake.) Add 1 box of lemon instant pudding and 1/2 cup applesauce. The applesauce makes the cake super moist! Bake the cake in 2 8x8x2 square pans. I bought the pan at Orson Gygi; I only have one, I baked the cakes separately. Bake at 350 until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs attached.

Raspberry whipped cream frosting

Fresh raspberries
Junket Danish Dessert Raspberry Pudding/Pie Filling/Glaze (use the recipe on the box for fruit sauce. Any type of raspberry sauce would work great.)

Whipped Cream: 1 cup heavy whipping cream, 1 T sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix ingredients on low until sugar dissolved. Beat on high until soft peaks form. I use this recipe from America's Test Kitchen cookbook.

All I did was combine the ingredients to make a raspberry whipped cream filling to go in between the two square cakes. Make the fruit filling first, add the fresh raspberries and add extra sugar to taste. Then mix with whipped cream.




Lemon Whipped Cream Buttercream Frosting

1/2 cup heavy whipped cream
1 cup softened butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
Rind from 1 lemon

Whip the cream until soft peaks form. Beat the butter until smooth in a separate bowl. Add the whipped cream and vanilla to the butter. Slowly beat in the powdered sugar and lemon rind. You've got yourself some delicious frosting! It tastes like frosting with an aftertaste of whipped cream. Or vice versa. I can't remember which, but it was awesome! Some of my husband's friends kept sticking their fingers in the bowl after I frosted the cake at his work party!

Decorating: Frost the cake with the lemon whipped cream buttercream frosting. Then decorate the top with Starburst! It took awhile, but it was worth it! It was the talk of the party! I had originally planned on covering the whole cake, but I didn't have enough Starburst. I think it turned out super cute just having the top covered!


Note to Self: Blog about recipes right after I make them...it will make things easier on me and my readers!

5 comments:

  1. How cleverly hilarious! Love it!

    THANK YOU For stopping by my site today. It was so kind of you! I'm tickled to discover you and your baking greatness. Yay for kindred sugar friends.

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  2. Sounds delicious. I wish I could just have a taste of yours though without having to make the cake myself. I fuond your blog through your mom's blog. You two sure make some yummy food.

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  3. I love your blog. I saw you on Good Things Utah a while back, and I am totally AMAZED at what you can do with cupcakes. I even tried to make the Elmo cupcakes, www.littletotsbigideas.blogspot.com, and realized you are an artist. I have one question though. My daughter loves Spongebob Squarepants and her birthday is coming up. Why can I not find Spongebob cupcakes? Care to try and make some? Anyway, love your blog.

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  4. Thanks everyone! Tina, I'm working on it and I'm so excited! I'm searching for a square cupcake pan right now!

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  5. In case you're still looking: http://www.google.com/products?q=square+cupcake+pans&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=bkkDTKXYJ4q4NbTQuDs&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CDkQzAMwAA

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