What cake for a bake-off at work?

Crust

1box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

Filling

3 oz Hershey's® unsweetened chocolate, cut into pieces

1 cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened (do not use margarine)

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

4 pasteurized eggs

Topping

1/2 cup sweetened whipped cream

Chocolate curls, if desired

Steps

1Heat oven to 450°F. Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell, using 9-inch glass pie plate. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

2In 1-quart saucepan, melt chocolate over low heat; cool. In small bowl with electric mixer, beat butter on medium speed until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in cooled chocolate and vanilla until well blended.

3Add eggs 1 at a time, beating on high speed 2 minutes after each addition; beat until mixture is smooth and fluffy. Pour into cooled baked shell. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.

Here's one of my most sought after cakes:

Jennys Glazed Banana Cake:

1 box yellow cake mix, plus eggs, oil and water for mix

3 very ripe bananas

1 cup coarsely chopped candied walnuts

1 tsp vanilla

Mix cake together according to package directions, adding vanilla and bananas. Fold in nuts and bake in a prepared bundt cake pan until golden and top springs back. Let sit for 15 minutes and turn out on serving dish.

Glaze:

1 3oz package softened cream cheese

1 cup white chocolate chips, melted

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup powdered sugar

3 + T heavy cream

Blend above ingredients together to make glaze. If too thick, add extra cream. If too thin, add more powdered sugar. Spoon over warm (not hot) cake. Let run down the sides. Sprinkle with additional chopped candied walnuts for garnish if desired.

Condensed Milk Brownie Pie

This beautiful dessert is a showoff! Plus it is super easy and creates a scrumptious and chewy brownie pie that will beg to be made again and again.

6oz. Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Chocolate Candy Bar

½ cup sugar

½ cup butter

Melt over med low heat until melted

Whisk in 2 lightly beaten eggs and ½ teaspoon vanilla

Add:

1 cup flour

½ teaspoon baking powder

pinch of salt

Stir until mixture is incorporated and smooth

Pour into greased 9" springform pan

Bake at 350°, 20 minutes

Remove from oven

Immediately pour 7oz. sweetened condensed milk over top of brownies

Layer with ¾ cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips

Let cool

Since its fall you should do a pumpkin cake with white chocolate frosting

Cake recipe:

1c unsalted butter

1 c sugar

1c brown sugar

4 eggs

1 15 oz can pumpkin

3 c flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 T cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

1 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp clove

1/2 tsp mace

1/4 tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)

3/4 c milk

1/2 c raisins

First boil raisins in milk, let cool.

Preheat oven to 350

Line 3 8" cake pans with parchment

Beat butters and sugars, add eggs, pumpkin.

Sift together flour, powder, soda, spices and salt, three times. Then add to seperate large mixing bowl

Slowly add butter and egg mixture to dry mixture

Add milk and raisin mixture (you can omit the raisins if you don't like them, i do, but i like the flavor)

Divide batter in 3 pans

Bake 15-30 minutes, Check for doneness with toothpick.

White chocolate frosting:

2 C unsalted butter

5 c powdered sugar

12oz block white chocolate

1/2 C heavy cream

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Melt white chocolate over double broiler (i used a mixing bowl over a pot of boiling water)

let cool to room tempurature

Mix powdered sugar and butter until creamy, add white chocolate

Slowly add heavy cream until the frosting reaches your desired consitency.

Add 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Frost cake and sprinkle cinnamon and granulated sugar over it.

double dark chocolate fudge CokaCola cake, not overbaked like I had the other night.

http://www.food.com/recipe/coke-cake-cracker-barre...

Use half cup special dark cocoa powder or dutch process cocoa powder.

Use COKE instead of any other soda.

time it about 10 minutes less than called for and check to see if it is pulling away from the pan then check with toothpick.

overbaked chocolate cake is so nasty and dry!!

print out recipe and check off steps as completed and success is guaranteed!