Join us!  Sign in   

Grown-Up Birthday Cake

Recipes »  Desserts  »  Cakes

Tips: Line your cake pans with parchment circles to make sure the layers turn out without a hitch. And if you run into any trouble with lumps in the frosting, just whisk like mad till it smooths out.

Yield: Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Cake

(4, 0) (reviews)

Favorite 3 people favorited
Try Soon1 people trying soon

Add a photo of this recipe...
(You could win $100 in our photo contest!)
  Build your own Menu Plan by dragging recipes onto a calendar!  Join BigOven today - it's free.

         
Original recipe makes
yellow; cake:
2 1/2 cupsAP flour
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1 tablespoonbaking soda
2 cupsgranulated sugar
4 Eggs
1 teaspoonvanilla
1 cupwhite wine or muscat
1 cupolive oil
7 ounces raspberry jam; preferably homemade, but I used Bonne Maman or apricot jam
bittersweet; chocolate buttercream icing:
1/2 cupunsalted butter; softened
1 cupconfectioners sugar
1/2 cupDutch processed cocoa
1/4 cupwhole milk
1 teaspoonvanilla

Grown-Up Birthday Cake Preparation

For cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Butter and lightly flour nine-inch cake pans. Line with parchment

3. Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.

4. In a standing mixer, blend sugar and eggs on med-high for a minute. Slowly mix in vanilla, wine, and oil.

5. Gently fold dry ingredients into cake batter until smooth.

6. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes until cake tester comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.

7. Spread jam on one layer; then top with the other. Frost top layer with icing.

For icing:

1. Blend butter and sugar. Fold in cocoa and gradually add milk until it starts to look like icing. Mix in vanilla.

Link to another BigOven recipe

Add a link to another recipe! What would you serve with this?

Calories Per Serving: 7695
Want detailed nutrition information, including line-by-line nutrition insights?  Try BigOven Pro for Free for 14 days!
Ads keep BigOven free. Remove ads with BigOven Pro
Date My private notes
Add notes with BigOven Pro!
Ads keep BigOven free. Remove ads anywhere you log in with BigOven Pro

There are no reviews yet for Grown-Up Birthday Cake. Be the first to review it!

Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]

Tags

  1. Desserts
  2. Bake

Blogger? Grab a link to this recipe


Link type:     

Want a link to this recipe? Just copy the text below and paste it into your blog:


here's how it will appear in your blog:

×

Share
Recipe added by



Hi there! Please sign in first.

BigOven needs to know who you are in order to keep your recipes, grocery list and menu plan, and sync it with your smartphone or tablet.

Not yet a BigOven member? Join us, save time and money!

×

Ready? Let's get cooking.