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Chocolate Ganache

This recipe goes with Chocolate Velvet Pound Cake. INGREDIENTS: 1 (12-oz) package semisweet chocolate morsels 1/2 cup whipping cream 3 Tbs butter DIRECTIONS: Microwave chocolate morsels and whipping cream in a 2-quart glass bowl at MEDIUM (50% power) 2 1/3 – 3 minutes or until morsels begin to melt. Whisk until smooth. Whisk in butter, [...]

Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

This recipe goes with Greek Lemon Cake. INGREDIENTS: 4 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 cup powdered sugar 2 Tbs lemon juice Up to 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar** ** NOTE: This is how much powdered sugar the original recipe calls for. I know that I did not use this much powdered sugar, [...]

Strawberry Filling

This recipe goes with Strawberry Fields Forever Cake. I wanted to jazz up my dad’s strawberry birthday cake a little bit, so I made up some strawberry filling to go on top of each cake layer with some strawberry purée I had leftover from the cake and icing. This can also be used to drizzle [...]

Strawberry Cream Cheese Icing

This recipe goes with Strawberry Fields Forever Cake. Since our printer was not hooked up when I was making this cake, I jotted the recipe down on paper instead of printing it from the Honeyed Hashette blog. The icing that I made was so soft and fluffy that it was actually too soft for the [...]

Meringue-Powder Icing

Your typical royal icing recipe, ideal for cookies. INGREDIENTS: 2 Tbs meringue powder 1/4 cup water 2 3/4 cups sifted powdered sugar Paste or gel food coloring as desired DIRECTIONS: In a bowl, beat meringue powder and water until combined. Beat in powdered sugar. Divide into smaller bowls and tint as desired with food coloring. [...]