I adapted this recipe from my
BELOVED cookbook, The Cake Mix Doctor. It is full of awesome recipes
that dress up cake mixes into fabulous homemade-ish desserts! For the shower, I
doubled the recipe for four 9″ round cake layers and plenty of icing!
CAKE RECIPE
1 pkg yellow cake mix w/pudding
1 cup fresh OJ (5ish oranges)
Orange zest to taste
1/2-cup veg oil
1/4-cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 large eggs
Grease and flour 2 x 9″round cake
pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend all ingredients with mixer for 1
minute on low. Scrape sides with spatula. Mix for 2 minutes on medium and pour
batter into pans. Bake about 35 minutes, depending on oven.
ICING RECIPE
1 8oz pkg cream cheese, room temp
1 stick butter, room temp
3 cups xxx sugar, sifted
2 T fresh OJ
1 T orange zest (1 med orange)
Mix cream cheese and butter w
mixer on low til combined. Add sugar, a bit at a time, blending w mixer on low
til well combined, 1 minute. Add OJ and zest. Beat on medium for 1 minute til
fluffy. Frost at once.
Now, to get dressed for the
party… I bought 1 lb of whipped icing ftom Kroger’s bakery. It is lighter
than butter cream and ices beautifully. I added some red food color and
iced the chilled orange cake with a thin layer for decorating and color.
Then, I took 2 strips of band of
gold bling and went around the outside base of cake.
I found a girl online who custom
made the Swavorski covered paci. I have a collection of demitasse cups and
saucers and I picked a favorite to keep the paci out of the icing. I used the
remaining white icing to make the flower borders.
I think the cake was a hit. Hope
you enjoy the recipe.
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