Simple ingredients. And I did cheat, a bit…
My partner had a birthday today and I wanted to bake a Cake. I am learning to bake, as noted in my prior post, so I cheated for the cake. (1) Yellow Cake Mix. Plus, honestly, I did not have a lot of time. Her parents were sneaking over and I am known for last minute things… this was one. Yes… we did social distance…
I also included the variation of the cake. It was a Yellow Cake mix from Aldi but I subbed ingredients. I tend to like coconut oil more. It makes a mean brownie as well. Just say’n.
Yellow Cake
- (1) Yellow Cake Mix
- (3) Med/Lg Eggs
- (1/3) c. of Coconut Oil for Vegetable Oil (melted)
- (1) c. Milk in place of Water
I mixed all of it together until there were no clumps left.
I used a 13 X 9 greased pan and put in the oven while it was preheating to 350 degrees for 25 minutes. It had been preheating for maybe 5 mins already (while I mixed the batter together).
I got the frosting idea from a recipe called “Insanely Delicious Cream Cheese Frosting,” which I pulled from Pinterest. Great recipe. I needed to tweak it just a bit since I did not have all of the cream cheese – and frankly, I was not sure that I needed 3 c. of frosting. (By the way – the amount that I made generously covered this yellow cake, and still have a container left over.)
Joe’s revised “Insanely Delicious Cream Cheese Frosting”
- (1 3/4) c. Powdered Sugar
- (6) tbs. Softened Butter
- (6) oz. Softened Cream Cheese (sat out of the fridge while I mixed the cake; not frozen)
- (2) tbs. Milk
- (1) tsp. Vanilla Extract
- (?) Drops of food coloring (I chose green)
I mixed all the wet ingredients until there were no clumps and it was smooth. Then I dumped in the powdered sugar and repeated the process. Then voila – it was good.
After the cake came out of the oven I let it cool on the stove – and then put it in the fridge to speed up the chilling process. It also allowed me to put the frosting on quicker.
The finished work. Ignore the green streaks – while writing a message with icing the tube burped or something- and green dots went everywhere. I spooned it off and reapplied. I wanted it perfect, darn-it!
Enjoy.
ww. joe
