HUMAN BIRTHDAY CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• For Chocolate Cake:Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly butter or grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round baking pan; line the bottom with a round of parchment paper.In a bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.In another bowl or 2-cup glass measuring cup, whisk together sour cream, oil, eggs, and vanilla until evenly incorporated. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in sour cream mixture. Stir until nearly combined and just a few streaks of dry ingredients remain.Pour in hot coffee or water and stir until smooth (it will start off very sloppy, but will incorporate eventually. Use a whisk if you’re having trouble.)Pour batter into prepared pan, spreading the batter into an even layer.Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until center is springy and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached (no gooey batter). Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack until pan is cool enough to touch, then invert on a wire rack to cool completely.For Frosting & Assembly:Combine cream and butter in a small saucepan. Stir gently over medium heat until butter is melted.Remove from heat and stir in chopped chocolate. Gently stir until completely melted (if the residual heat isn’t quite enough to melt the chocolate, return to a low burner for 30 seconds, then remove from heat and continue stirring).Add sugar, cocoa powder, and salt and whisk until incorporated; it will look like a slightly grainy brownie batter at this point.Add sour cream and vanilla and whisk until smooth and shiny. Set aside and let cool until slightly thickened and spreadable, about 15 to 30 minutes depending on the temperature of your kitchen, stirring occasionally to ensure even cooling.Generously spread frosting onto cooled cake, swirling with the back of a spoon or an offset spatula.Slice, serve, and enjoy! Cake will hold at cool room temperature for a few hours, otherwise refrigerate until ready to serve. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Grease a large bundt pan very generously with Crisco shortening.
• Add flour and rotate pan until very well covered.
• Set aside.
• Combine cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, cream and oil in a mixing bowl.
• Stir in white chocolate chips.
• Batter will be thick.
• Fill prepared bundt pan with half of the cake batter.
• Smooth the top.
• Spoon half of the raspberry pie filling over top of the batter.
• Swirl the batter and pie filling together with a bamboo skewer.
• Spoon remaining cake batter over top of swirled batter.
• Smooth top again.
• Spoon remaining raspberry pie filling over top of cake batter.
• Repeat the swirling process only doing the two top layers and not going to the bottom of the pan.
• Bake at 350º for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Start testing at 45 minutes.
• Check with knife every ten minutes after that, putting cake back into the oven until the knife comes out clean.
• Allow cake to cool completely before adding icing.
• Remove cake to cake platter.
• Pipe cold cream cheese icing over top.
• Decorate with white chocolate chips and fresh raspberries, if desired.
• Refrigerate cake up to 24 hours before adding icing.
• In a medium mixing bowl, cream the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• Add vanilla and mix again with mixer.
• Gradually add in powdered sugar a cup at a time.
• Continue mixing with mixers until all the powdered sugar is used and the icing is really thick.
• Fill a gallon-size Zip Lock Bag with frosting.
• Chill frosting in refrigerator about 30-60 minutes before using.
• Cut off one-half inch diagonal corner at the bottom of the bag.
• Frost cake by squeezing out the frosting in thick, half-to-one-inch ribbons on top of the cake.
• If desired, add a second layer of frosting ribbons on top of the cake
• Decorate cake with fresh raspberries and white chocolate chips, if desired.
• Refrigerate cake until ready to serve.