Its My Party And I Will Eat Cake!

[loco-ladi]

OK, so my hubby is throwing me a surprise anniversary party (he failed to account that my family cant keep a secret, lol) and I have ordered the cake mixes and bought 6 brand new cake pans all the same size, lol... now I have to find a "good" icing recipe for my yellow cake. Anyone know any great ones?

P.S. if your near western Nebraska on nov 10th stop in!

[mamaw]

we use Pillsbury frostings , they are gluten-free read the label as we use white or choc only

[Guest j_mommy]

You could do a better than sex cake....let me know if you need a reciepe...super simple!

[loco-ladi]

better than sex cake

well, that sounds like a very interesting cake, but maybe should wait until AFTER the relatives leave for that one but please either post the recipe or pm it to me, would love to try it out on my hubby =))

Pillsbury frostings

I just assumed they would have tons of gluten in the over the counter brands, never even gave them a thought

[blueeyedmanda]

Congrats on the Anniversary!!!

[Darn210]

If you are wanting an icing that you can decorate with . . . I use a version of Wilton's buttercream frosting:

1 cup of shortening (Crisco)

2 lbs of powdered sugar

Pinch of salt

1 Tbls of clear vanilla flavoring

1/2 Tbls of clear butter flavoring

enough milk to make it the consistency you want

Wilton's original recipe calls for twice as much shortening but I don't think it needs it. It also calls for less vanilla and no butter flavoring but I like the extra. You can use water instead of milk if you need to. The wilton clear flavoring is gluten-free - you don't have to use clear, but if you want a very white icing or a white icing that will take tinting/coloring better, then use clear (found at Wal-Mart in the craft/Wilton section or at Michaels)

Also, this recipe is VERY forgiving on it's quantities. I make gluten-free cupcakes that I keep in the freezer for whenever one of my children has a birthday party to go to. I don't measure anything, I just try to keep the approximate above proportions to make just a couple of Tablespoons - enough to frost a couple of cupcakes - I find I have to "finish off" what doesn't get used and the less there is the better.

Hope you are practicing your "surprised" look. - Have Fun and Congratulations!

[Guest j_mommy]

BETTER THAN SEX CAKE

1 gluten-free chocolate cake mix

8 oz Cool Whip (I use fat free)

12 oz hot Caramel topping

14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk (I use fat free)

1)Make cake as directed

2)Let cool about 10 min (you want it to be a little warm)

3)Heat caramel as directed

4)Poke holes all over the top of the cake ( use a pen bottom)

5)Pour

[mamatide]

I can attest that this is a great kind of cake - not sure about its claim to be better than sex but it sure is good! Around here where I live, it's served with Skor Bar bits sprinkled on top - just something to add!

mamatide

[loco-ladi]

hows this, is it believable? I have been practicing for weeks!

and the cake sound awesome, will try it out soon!

[kbabe1968]

Pillsbury!

I use it all the time now.

OH...and no special mixes for me...I use the Gluten Free Yellow Cake recipe on allrecipes.com . I add about 3 heaping tablespoons of vanilla pudding powder to the dry ingredients and it gives it a really moist texture - just like the gluten laden store bought mixes.