April Fools Cake Chocolate Kraut Cake Recipes

GERMAN CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8-inch pans, round or square.
• Thoroughly cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt, and add alternately with water to egg mixture. Stir in the sauerkraut. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean. Frost with your favorite chocolate or white frosting.

UNBELIEVABLE SAUERKRAUT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Prepare two 8 inch cake pans by greasing with butter and lightly dusting with flour. Line pan bottoms with parchment paper.
• With a mixer, cream butter and sugar together until they become light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time and mix in completely between each addition. Add vanilla.
• Sift dry ingredients over the wet ingredient bowl and mix to incorporate well, drizzling in the extra water.
• When the batter is smooth and well mixed, add in chopped sauerkraut and mix in. Divide the batter evenly between the two pans and smooth the tops with a spatula, if needed.
• Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes and test with a cake tester. If it comes out clean, then the cake is done. If not, bake for another 5 minutes.
• Whisk flour, milk and granulated sugar in a small pot.
• Heat and whisk over med-high heat until the mixture begins to bubble, then stir until it becomes thick and like a thick pudding.
• Remove from heat and cover the surface of the mixture with plastic wrap. Let cool completely.
• With a mixer, beat the butter until soft and whipped. Add salt and vanilla.
• Gradually drop in the milk/flour mixture and incorporate into the butter well.
• When all the milk/flour is incorporated, add the cocoa and combine.
• Add 1/2 cup of icing sugar if you like the frosting a bit sweeter.

APRIL FOOL'S CAKE (CHOCOLATE KRAUT CAKE )

Steps:

• 1. Preheat ocen to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 cake pan with cooking spray. Dust lightly with a little cocoa powder or flour. Chop the kraut nto smaller shreds. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with electric mixer until creamy. Beat in vanilla, then beat in eggs, one at a time. Add the flour mixture alternating with the coffee on low speed until just mixed. Stir in the kraut and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Place on center rack of 350 degree oven and bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Remove and cool in the pan.
• 2. At this point you could simply sift a little powdered sugar on top to serve....or follow frosting recipe :
• 3. For frosting, melt butter in a medium glass bowl in microwave on high. Add the chocolate chps abd stir until fairly melted. Microwave a few seconds more t melt cocolate completely. Place sour ream in a large bowl, add melted chocolate and vanilla. Using mixer, beat in powdered sugar 1 C at a time until creamy smooth...adding a little milk if needed to thin out.
• 4. Spread frosting over cooled cake.

CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

Steps:

• Adjust two oven racks to the upper-middle and lower-middle positions and heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans. Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk the water, eggs, and vanilla in a large measuring cup.
• With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the bowl as necessary. Reduce mixer speed and ddd the flour mixture and the water mixture alternately, beating after each addition until combined. Use a rubber spatula to scrape down the bowl and stir to combine.
• Using a rubber spatula, fold in the sauerkraut and pecans. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes, rotating and switching the pan positions halfway through baking. Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes then, remove from pan and peel off parchment paper. Cool completely on wire racks, at least 30 minutes.
• Whisk the melted chocolate chips and mayonnaise in a medium bowl and reserve 2 cups. To the frosting remaining in the bowl, add 1/3 cup of the coconut and 1/3 cup of the chopped pecans (this is the filling).
• Spread half the filling on one cake layer. Repeat with the second layer and the remaining filling. Top with the final layer and spread the top and sides of the cake with the reserved frosting.
• Mix together the remaining coconut and pecans and toast them in a skillet over medium heat. Stir constantly until the start to turn light golden brown, then remove from heat immediately. Dump them out of the pan onto a piece of paper towel or a waiting plate to cool. Leaving them in the pan can cause them to burn, even if the pan is removed from the fire.
• When topping has cooled, press it into the sides of the cake. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. (The cake can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.)

APRIL FOOLS: PIZZA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour the batter into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pan.
• 2. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• 3. Place each cake on a 10-in. serving platter. Combine the frosting and food coloring; spread over the top of each cake to within 1/2 in. of edges. Sprinkle with grated chocolate for cheese.
• 4. Unroll Fruit Roll-Ups; use a 1-1/2 in. round cutter to cut into circles for pepperoni. Arrange on cakes.

CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

Steps:

• Drain and rise the Sauerkraut and finely chop. In a bowl combine flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder,and cocoa powder.
• In a your mixing bowl combine your butter and eggs together. Add the chopped sauerkraut, vanilla and water. mix together and slowly add the dry ingredients beating for a couple of minutes.
• grease two round 8 inch cake pans and line pans with wax or parchment paper. Divide the batter between the two pans and bake 30 min at 350 degrees. Cool on cooling rack and frost with chocolate frosting.(remember to pull the paper off the bottom of the cakes before assembling with frosting unless you are looking for a nice April Fool's joke.)

APRIL FOOLS CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray a 9" x 13" cake pan with cooking spray. Dust lightly with a little cocoa powder or flour. Chop the well rinsed and drained kraut into smaller shreds. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with electric mixer until creamy.
• Add vanilla; beat in eggs, one at a time. Add the flour mixture alternating with the coffee on low speed until just mixed. Stir in the kraut and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Place on center rack and bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in the pan. Dust/Sift/Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• ENJOY! And, if you don't spill the beans about your secret ingredient...no one will ever guess.