Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen

I profusely apologize for the delay in releasing the results to the Great Cake Recipe Contest. As votes came in they were tabulated in a spread-sheet along with the voter, so there would be no duplication of votes. I triple checked all the votes today, just to make sure there were no mistakes. (Unfortunately, there were very few people who actually voted, so in the next contest we will have to change the way it is done, I think!) Below are the linked entries to the Great Cake Recipe Contest. Four-Layer Strawberry Torte, AKA Wimbledon Fortnight Cake Super Easy Black Forest Cake Salad Dressing Cake Peanut-Butter-Cup Cake w/ Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting Sour Cream Coffee Cake Hot Milk Sponge Cake Chocolate Mousse Cake Tu Bi'Shvat 7 Biblical Grain & Fruit Cake Maple Cake The Cake For Any Occasion ...

Admit it! You all thought I forgot about it! HAH! Voting Procedure: Anyone who wishes to can vote! One vote from each email address (You can only vote once from one email address) You can vote for your own recipe Sign your name to your email - PLEASE Due to the fact that I was late with this Voting will be open until May 15, 2007 closing at May 15, 2007 @ 11:59 EST (determined if need be by Email header) It is legitimate to tell your friends to vote for you, family members etc. But ONLY ONE VOTE SET (1st, 2nd, 3rd Place) from one email. An email which has more than one set of votes will be disqualified. Email MUST be sent to the following email address (click on icon to open your email client): Email should be in the following format: Email Subject: Great Cake Recipe Contest Vote Email Body: First Place: Put the title of the Post here Second Place: Put the title of the Post here Third Place: Put the title of the Post here All Entries for the Great Cake Recipe Contest Can Be found by Cl...

The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 10 Lori @ Camera Obscura Writes: My mother started making this cake when I was young. I have no idea where she got the "recipe", probably from some women's magazine. It quickly became my favorite and since strawberries came into season right around my birthday in our part of the U.S. (this is a long time ago) I started demanding it as my birthday cake. Now in the U.S. we can get strawberries year-round as long as we are willing to pay the price. In the 90s our family moved to the U.K. for a year while my husband was on a temporary assignment with the DoD. His office had "cake day" once a month, where one member of the group provides a cake for everyone to enjoy, and there was a bit of one-ups-manship involved. My husband's turn came right around Wimbledon fortnight when the strawberries are in season in the U.K., so I decided to make this cake, which in the U.S. is very easy. Alas, but in the U.K. cake mixes are ...

The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 9 Beth Writes: Sometimes you just don't have the time, the inclination, or the money to put together a cake worthy of a special occasion. When you're up against it, try this: Super Easy Black Forest Cake Tools: 1 Large Bowl Measuring Cups Electric Mixer 9x13" cake pan Ingredients: 1 box Devil's Food Cake mix Water, Eggs, and/or Oil (according to the directions on the box) 2 cans cherry pie filling 1 tub whipped cream (store bought) Directions: Make cake according to directions. Allow to cool completely. Cover cake with cherry pie filling - spread as evenly as possible. Cover cherries with whipped topping - spread as evenly as possible. Refrigerate for at least a couple hours. Slice and serve. Store refrigerated so the whipped cream doesn't separate. (This cake can easily be decorated, depending on the occasion. It's always been a big hit in my family, especially for wedding show...

The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 8 Beth (Shrugged) Writes: I’m submitting this recipe on behalf of my mother. The following recipe was my grandmother’s. But my mother didn’t find it until after my grandmother had passed on. It takes a lot of work, most of it by hand, but the end result is surprisingly tasty. Don’t let the strange ingredient throw you off, this cake is moist and yummy. Enjoy! Salad Dressing Cake Tools - Utensils Required: 1 large bowl (for cake) 1 medium bowl 1 large spoon Measuring Spoons Measuring Cups 9x13” pan Electric Mixer Medium Saucepan Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 4 tablespoons cocoa 2 teaspoon baking soda pinch of salt 1 cup Miracle Whip™ type salad dressing 1 cup hot water 1 teaspoon vanilla Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Grease and flour 9x 13” pan. 3. Pour all ingredients into large bowl, in the above order. 4. Mix by hand with a large spoon. 5. Bake 25 to 30 min or until toothpick inserted in center come...

Editor Note: This is yet another one from Beth whom we called " Shrugged " at Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen . The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 7 This is a VERY rich cake, but guaranteed to please. Created strictly for the Great Cake Recipe Contest, I'm sure this will be a staple in my house from now on. This works best if you have an extra set of hands, so one of you can prepare the chocolate batter while the other person prepares the peanutbutter batter, but if you're alone, make the peanut butter batter first and then the chocolate batter, for best results. My daughter and I made this together, and even though we were cooking on top of one another, it worked out well. As it's baking, the chocolate cake will rise up along the sides of the peanut butter cake, but by the time it's finished, they'll come together nicely. Enjoy! Peanut-Butter-Cup Cake w/ Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting Tools/Utensils Needed: 1 Large Bowl 1 Medium Bowls ...

Paula submitted this to the The Great Cake Recipe Contest. The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 6 Sour Cream Coffee Cake Ingredients: 2 Sticks of Butter ( softened) 2 Cups of Sugar 2 Jumbo Eggs 4 Cups of Flour 2 Teaspoons Vanilla 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder 16 Ounces Sour Cream Ingredients For Topping: 1/2 Cup of Sugar 3 Teaspoons of Cinnamon ( more or less, depends on your taste) You will need: Electric Mixer Large Bowl 1 Bundt pan or two loaf pans (greased) Toothpick (for doneness test) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Mix butter and sugar with mixer until blended Add eggs and mix until blended Add vanilla and mix until blended Add two cups of flour and mix until blended (on low or you will have flour flying) Add 1/2 the sour cream and mix until blended Add baking soda and mix until blended Add baking powder and mix until blended Add the rest of the flour and sour cream Mix until blended ( start on low or flour will fly) Pour half of the batter in...

Editor Note: This is from Beth whom we called " Shrugged " at Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen . She is a regular contributor of recipes here. The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 5 I'd completely forgotten about this recipe! All my life, my mother has been making Hot Milk Sponge Cake. All of us kids loved it, but even so, I haven't thought to make it in years. I've made this recipe successfully dozens of times, but after a major debacle with this recipe, I needed to put in a caveat. I was living in Utah at the time, and I forgot to adjust for altitude. (We were about 4000 ft above sea level.) The result was a sorry mess, so I've added a note on how to avoid my disaster. You can certainly frost this and serve it, but it doesn't need any frosting. It's perfect all by itself. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I and my family have all these years. Hot Milk Sponge Cake Cooking Utensils Required: 2 8" round cake pans or 1 8x11" ...

The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 4 Editors note on some terminology used in Martha's submission: Balabusta - means "home-maker" actually refers to the Matriarch of the family. The one who with just one look will make you crawl into your shell! Pesadik - means Kosher for Passover. (Yiddish-English kind of term) Parve - as readers of Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen know is something that does not contain milk or meat and thus can be eaten with both. Coeliac disease or celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder of the small bowel that occurs in genetically predisposed individuals in all age groups after early infancy. ( See the Wikipedia article on this for more info. or click below on the link for celiacs.) Martha Greenberg writes about her submission to the Great Cake Recipe Contest: This cake is my all-time favorite. I got the recipe from my aunt, who is a terrific balabusta. It is not only parve, it is also pesadik (and safe for celiacs ), but so good ...

The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 3 Editors Note on explaining the meaning of Tu Bi'Shvat Before This Recipe: Tu Bi'Shvat is known as the New Year For Trees - Rosh Ha'Shanah La'Elanot. (Not to be mistaken with the normal New Year which falls out in the fall, on the 1st day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei and which is followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur.) Indeed this is Judaism's " green" holiday . It falls out between Hanukkah and Purim. Tu Bi'Shvat simply means the "15th of the month of Shevat". Tu - is just a transliteration of the number of days. The " T " stands for the Hebrew Letter "Tet" which is equivalent to the number 9. The " u " stands for the Hebrew letter "Vav" which is equivalent to the number 6. 9+6 = 15. Thus " Tu " is fifteen. Shevat being the name of the Hebrew Month - "Bi" meaning in. Thus "Bi'Shevat or Bi'Shvat (spelled both ways with th...

The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 2 Submitted By Manara - She Writes: A sentence about my recipe: For those who LOVE pancakes, and crave it as dessert (rather than breakfast), well, now you can! Go figure, Maple Cake! Maple Cake Ingredients: 3 eggs 1 packet (or 1 tablespoons) of vanilla sugar 1 cup of heavy (sour) cream 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup light brown sugar (demerara) 1/2 cup oil 3.5 ounces walnuts, finely chopped Maple syrup Directions: Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Grease up and flour either 3 loaf tins or 1 medium size cake tin (approximately 9 inch X 12 inch). Add all ingredients, except for walnuts and syrup, in a mixer until there's a consistent batter. Pour batter in tin(s) and sprinkle chopped walnuts all over cake. Bake for 30 minutes or until cake is settled with a golden brownish color. Check with toothpick. When cake is ready, remove from oven, and while it's still hot, drizzle maple syrup over the cake until it's glossy. (...

The Great Cake Recipe Contest - Submission # 1 Submitted By Paula - She Writes: This cake is a "For Any Occasion that comes up" recipe. It is expected at every birthday, anniversary, new baby, graduation, etc in my family. As I have mentioned in some of my submissions, my mother and grandmother are very bland cooks. However, one of my great, great aunts was said to have a way with food. Legend of the Ryan family, Aunt Kate cooked the "Sunday" family dinner each week and the extended families would gather at her table. I never had the honor of experiencing her cooking but I have had the ultimate compliment paid to me on many occasions by those who have. Many times the older relatives will say "You cook just like Aunt Kate". I usually end up catering most family functions because I am the only one who truly enjoys cooking and I never tire of hearing the comparison. She had a plaque hanging in her kitchen with the following blessing: May there always be roo...