HOW TO MAKE A DAD HAT RECIPES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. , Line a 14-in. round cake pan or deep-dish pizza pan with waxed paper; lightly coat with cooking spray. Pour 1-1/2 cups batter into a greased 2-qt. round baking dish; pour remaining batter into prepared cake pan or pizza pan. , Bake at 350° for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, cream the shortening, butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add cream, food coloring, vanilla and salt; beat until smooth., Place larger cake on a serving plate; spread with frosting. Top with smaller cake; frost. Decorate as desired. Save any remaining frosting for another use. , ,

Steps:

• Using a round biscuit cutter, punch holes out of cheesecake. (Depending on size of cheesecake you should be able to get 8 to 12 cheesecake bites.) Transfer whipped cream or Cool Whip to a piping bag and pipe a layer on top of cheesecake. Top with strawberry, sliced side down.  Pipe a dot on top of strawberry and serve.