Monday, February 11, 2013

King Kamehameha Cake


King Kamehameha Cake
By, Mom & Dad Heaps

Ingredients:
1 box yellow cake mix
1 box strawberry cake mix
2 bananas - sliced
1 lb fresh strawberries – sliced (frozen strawberries in syrup can be used but are a bit more messy)
1 lb fresh or frozen blueberries
1 lb fresh or frozen raspberries
2 small cans mandarin oranges - drained
Vanilla pudding (homemade is best)
1 pint whipped cream

Preparation:

Bake cakes according to package instructions;  each cake mix can be baked in one 12” circle pan or one 9x13 pan.  After baking, cool and wrap completely in plastic wrap and freeze solid.  When ready to assemble cakes, cut each layer in half horizontally, then proceed as follows

Layer ingredients as follows:
1-     bottom cake layer  (strawberry)
2-     pipe outside edge of cake with stiff whipped cream to form barrier
3-     inside of cream, spread with thin layer of vanilla pudding
4-     top with ¼ of each fruit; bananas, strawberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges, raspberries
5-     cover with thin layer of whipped cream
6-     second cake layer  (yellow)
7-     repeat steps 2-5
8-     third cake layer  (strawberry)
9-     repeat steps 2-5
10-  top cake layer  (yellow)
11-  repeat steps 2-4, arranging fruits in decorative pattern
12-  pipe with individual dollops of whipped cream to form a design to your liking



Notes: 
-Any kind of fruit can be used depending on your individual taste, ie;  sliced pears, kiwi, etc.
-Rather than spreading whipping cream on each layer, it is easier to pipe it on placing individual dollops
  approximately 1” apart over each layer

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Orange Pancakes with Orange Syrup

I just have to post this because my paper with the recipe on it is going to fall apart since I use it so much.

2 cups flour
2 T sugar
2 T baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
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1 cup milk
3/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup oil
2 eggs
2-3 drops orange oil/extract

Combine the dry ingredients, then mix with the wet.  Cook on a griddle for a few minutes each side.


Orange Syrup

1/2 cup butter
juice of 1 orange
1 cup sugar
2-3 drops orange oil/extract

Boil the first 3 ingredients in a sauce pan.  Bring off the heat and add the orange oil.

(I like to mix 2 T cornstarch with the sugar before boiling so the syrup is thicker.)