Holidaygiftcake Recipes

HOLIDAY GIFT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan; sprinkle with 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans.
• Beat cream cheese, butter, granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition; set aside. Sift 2 cups of the flour with the baking powder. Gradually add to cream cheese mixture, beating well after each addition. Toss remaining 1/4 cup flour with the cherries and 1/2 cup chopped pecans; gently stir into batter. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Loosen cake from side of pan with spatula or knife; gently remove cake from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Mix powdered sugar and milk; drizzle over cake.

HOLIDAY GIFT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add 2 cups to batter. Set aside five to six cherries for garnish. Chop the remaining cherries; add to remaining flour mixture with pecans. Fold into batter. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , For glaze, combine sugar and milk in a small bowl; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Decorate with reserved cherries and candles if desired.

HOLIDAY GIFT CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in one large mixing bowl:.
• - Combine the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• - Add the sugar, cream well.
• - Add eggs and vanilla, cream well.
• - Blend in flour and baking powder, mix until smooth.
• - Fold in cherries,nuts and chocolate chips.
• - Spray 3 - 1 lb. tin loaf pans with Pam.
• - Pour the mixture into 3 - 1lb. tin loaf pans approximately 2/3 full.
• - Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes or until golden brown.

HOLIDAY GIFT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Thoroughly blend cream cheese, margarine, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• Gradually add 2 cups of the sifted flour and baking powder to cream cheese mixture.
• Add the remaining flour, cherries and nuts.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured bundt pan. Put in preheated oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until tested done.
• Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan. Ice as desired.

CHRISTMAS GIFT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture alternately with the pumpkin puree, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chips and 3/4 cup of the walnuts until evenly distributed. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan, and sprinkle the remaining walnuts over the top.
• Bake for 65 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean. Cool, then remove from the pan, and drizzle with icing.
• To make the icing, stir together the confectioners' sugar and heavy cream with a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth.