Chocolate Mountain Peaks Cake Recipes

WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9-inch round pans.
• Sift and measure cake flour. Add salt and baking powder, and sift again.
• In a large bowl, beat shortening until smooth. Add sugar gradually, and beat until fluffy. Add sifted ingredients alternately with milk and flavorings (see Cook's Note). Beat thoroughly after each addition.
• Beat egg whites until stiff, and fold into mixture. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a fingertip and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN PEAKS CAKE

Steps:

• 1. grease cake pans... cream butter, sugar vanilla and eggs till fluffy .In separate bowl blend dry ingredients. Add flour, cocoa, bk. powder, bk. soda, salt alternately with milk and beat till well blended. Pour evenly in two pans cook at 350 for 30 minutes till tested done in middle.cool loafs
• 2. I used a semisweet instant pudding in the middle but have previously used mousse and also raspberry preserves and all are delicious. Semisweet chocolate Ganache icing ....heat cream till warm, add the chips and stir till melted, them whisk till well blended. Pour in middle of top of cake and smooth out with flat spatula letting it run down the sides. Let cool till hardens. Melt carefully in microwave the 1/2 pkgs. of chips, separately ,and spread on wax paper about 1/4 inch thick. Let cool and harden then break up in irregular pieces
• 3. Decorative peaks of chocolate..... design by pressing broken chocolate pieces on top or the cake, being creative . To finish, dust peaks with a little confectioners sugar.

COCONUT MOUNTAINS

Steps:

• Whisk the egg and sugar together until fluffy. Stir in coconut and butter or margarine. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto greased baking trays, about one inch apart.
• Bake at 350 degrees F(175 degrees C) for about 10 minutes. Cool.

MONTANA MOUNTAIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Grease three 8" layer cake pans; dust lightly with bread crumbs.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Cream butter and sugar; add vanilla.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well blended.
• Beat in chocolate.
• Add water alternatively with dry ingredients.
• Divide batter into cake pans, spread to level, then push batter up the sides a little bit leaving a slight concavity in the center.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake just begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• Cool 5 minutes in the pan, then invert and cool completely on cooling racks.
• If necessary for even frosting, cut the tops level.
• Frost layers, staking them, and sides with your favorite frosting (I like coffee flavored Seafoam Frosting).
• With your spatula, quickly pull frosting up in peaks all over the cake.

MICHAEL'S FABULOUS CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN ICE CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• * In addition to the ingredients above, you will need 1 12 x 9-inch aluminum lasagna pan and plastic seran wrap.
• ** Although crushed walnuts, chocolate chunks, and assorted candies are listed as ingredients, this part is up to your discretion and your artistic expertise.
• Shape the aluminum lasagna pan into a cone that will fit the amount of ice cream necessary for this mountain cake. You will probably need to do some cutting and I admit to using duct tape on the outside to seal it. Be careful you don't cut yourself!
• Cover the inside of the pan with plastic seran wrap for easy cake removal.
• Spoon about 1/2 of the ice cream into a bowl, using a pastry cutter mash it up with about 2 Tablespoons milk to a thick milkshake-like consistency. Repeat. Pour the "batter" into your cone shaped cake pan, lodge safely in freezer.
• Mash up the Oreos, and pat onto the open end of your cake (this is the base of the mountain).
• Allow for the cake to freeze at least 1 hour, and I wouldn't recommend more than 6-8.
• When the cake is ready to be served, whip the cream.
• Put the cake on a platter, pour the cream on the "peak." Sprinkle mountain peak with chocolate chunks and crushed walnuts.
• Place gummy candies artistically around mountain- serve!
• **Optional: for some extra pizazz, use a warm egg shell half, fill it with about 1 tablespoon of brandy, and place on the peak of the cake. Light it for a FLAMING mountain ice cream cake.
• ***I posted this recipe as gluten-free, which is incorrect because of the oreos, and I apologize. For a gluten free version, you could substitute with crunched up sweetened rice cakes, or you could just leave out that part completely. Sorry for the inconvenience -- I'm not sure how to change that mistake.