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This is a slightly jazzed up version of typical cream cheese cake frosting. It goes great on carrot or chocolate cake, pumpkin bread, cupcakes, or even in between cookies. Or on a white chocolate raspberry cake.

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 6 oz. white baking chocolate squares or chips, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2-3 Tbsp. cocoa powder (optional depending on if you want a chocolate flavour)

Steps

1. Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
2. Add melted chocolate and vanilla; mix well. Add sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy after each addition.
3. Refrigerate while making  your cake so it can stiffen a bit.
4. When ready, use to frost your favorite cake or cupcake recipe.

Credit! Thanks to Kraft Foods for this frosting recipe.

So this Fourth of July we celebrated it with some friends and family. I made this festive Jello cake which everyone enjoyed. It was fun and easy to make, and of course, nice look at! Happy 4th everyone!

Prep: 20 minutes
Chill: 4 hours
Makes: 20 servings

Ingredients

• 1 quart strawberries
• 2 pkg. (4-serving size each) strawberry flavoured gelatin
• Ice cubes
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 pkg. (10.75 oz.) pound cake or angel food cake, cut into small slices
• 1-1/3 cups blueberries
• 1 tub (8 oz.) whipped cream

Steps

1. Slice approximately one cup of strawberries and halve the remaining three cups.
2. Boil one and half cups of water, and stir into dry gelatin mix in large bowl for at least two minutes or until completely dissolved. Add enough ice to cold water to measure two cups. Add to gelatin and stir until ice is completely melted.
3. Refrigerate for five minutes or until gelatin is slightly thickened. Meanwhile, place cake slices 13 x 9 inch dish. Add sliced strawberries and one cup of blueberries to gelatin, and spoon over cake slices.
4. Refrigerate for four hours or until set.
5. Spread whipped cream over gelatin. Arrange strawberry and blueberries on whipped cream.

Change it up! To make this dish extra special, you can make a cream cheese topping by whisking two 8 oz. packages of softened cream cheese, 1/4 cup of sugar, and the whipped cream.

In celebration of National Chocolate Chip Day, I made this delicious dessert. I always love the wonderful smell that fills the house when I make chocolate chip desserts. Warmed chocolate chip cake and a scoop of Blue Bunny Homemade Vanilla ice cream made this a hit for an after dinner treat.

Prep: 20 minutes
Bake: 45-50 minutes
Makes: 10-15 slices

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 package (12 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chunks/chips

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Mix flour, baking soda and salt. Beat butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
3. Add the egg and vanilla until well beaten. Add flour mixture and beat on low until well blended.
4. Stir in chocolate chips.
5. Spread into 9-inch pan.
6. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack before serving.

When I was a kid my mom used to make this absolutely to-die-for rum cake. It was so moist and rich, and I had to finish off every last crumb! Unfortunately, her recipe got lost in a move so the following recipe is  different. Though not as good as Mom’s, this recipe is pretty tasty.

This cake quite moist and flavourful. It’s an extremely rich and luxurious dessert, which is perfect for holiday parties or special occasions. You can probably have only one slice before being full, but this cake doesn’t last too long around the house. Absolutely delicious!

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 1 hour

Ingredients
Cake mix

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon rum flavored extract

Rum butter blaze

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup rum

Steps
To make the cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bunt pan.
2. Cream 1 cup of the butter and 2 cups of the white sugar together. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each one. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together and add alternately with the buttermilk to the egg mixture. Stir in the vanilla and rum extracts.
3. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour.
4. Remove cake from oven and pour all of the rum butter glaze over cake while still warm.

To make butter rum glaze

1. Melt the remaining 1 cup of the butter and 1 cup of white sugar over low heat.
2. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Use immediately to glaze cake.

Credit! This recipe is composed of several different ones I found on All Recipes.