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FAMILY FEATURES
reating one-of-a-kind desserts doesn’t
have to take hours in the kitchen or even
exceptional baking skills. With a little
imagination and the right tools, you can
whip up surprisingly delicious sweets that will
surprise and delight your friends and family.
Focus on flavor
If your baking repertoire typically consists of
white cake and chocolate frosting, spice things up
a bit by experimenting with new fillings and flavor
combinations. Opt for complementary or contrasting
tastes for a truly delectable dessert. For example,
pair fudgy chocolate cake with tangy berries, or see
how a bold flavor like lemon adds a new dimension
to a mild vanilla.
Add a special touch
Infusing new flavors into your favorite cake or
brownie recipe is surprisingly easy when you use
bakeware made for the purpose. Baker’s Advantage
Fillables Bakeware helps home bakers easily create
“treat-filled” desserts. Each bakeware set comes
with two pans: One pan creates the bottom half of
the cake and forms indentations in the cake you can
fill with fruit, puddings, candy and more, while the
second pan creates the top half of the cake, which
hides the surprise fillings.
Shape it up
Artfully applied frosting and other decorations can
instantly dress up a basic cake, but another option is
upgrading the shape of the cake itself. In addition to
traditional square, round and sheet cake pans, the
Baker’s Advantage Fillables Bakeware collection
includes mini heart cakes, fluted cakes, mini loaf
cakes and a cake cones pan. These special shapes
make it easy to create enviable desserts out of
classic recipes.
Find more surprisingly easy dessert ideas at
FillablesbyBakersAdvantage.com.
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Berries and Cream Fluted Pound Cake
Recipe courtesy of Baker’s Advantage/Alissa Wallers
4 sticks butter, room temperature
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk, at room temperature
nonstick cooking spray
Heat oven to 350 F.
With stand or handheld mixer, cream butter and
sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time,
scraping between each egg. Add vanilla extract.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add
flour mixture to mixing bowl and slowly add milk
while mixing. Mix until just combined.
Spray Fillables Fluted Cake Pan with nonstick
cooking spray. Fill bottom of both pans with batter
to three-quarters full.
Bake on middle rack in oven 20-25 minutes.
Allow to cool before removing from pan.
Filling suggestions:
n Blueberries, plus additional for topping
n Raspberries, plus additional for topping
n Strawberries, stem removed and cut into small
pieces, plus additional for topping
n Vanilla Frosting (recipe at right)
Fill pockets in bottom layer of pound cake with
different berries.
Carefully spread Vanilla Frosting over top of
berries and cake.
Place top layer of cake on top of frosting.
Drizzle warmed up Vanilla Frosting over top
of cake.
Decorate top with berries.
Brownie Cake Cones Vanilla Frosting
Recipe courtesy of Baker’s
Advantage/Alissa Wallers
3 ounces unsweetened
chocolate
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
nonstick cooking spray
Vanilla Frosting (recipe
at right) or ice cream
Heat oven to 350 F.
In double boiler, melt chocolate
and butter.
When melted, place in large bowl
and whisk in cocoa powder until
smooth. Add sugar and mix.
Combine eggs and vanilla; gently
mix with fork or whisk to break up
eggs. Add eggs and vanilla to batter.
Sift together flour, salt and baking
powder. Fold in flour until just
combined.
Spray Fillables 8 Cup Cake Cone
Pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Fill bottom pan with batter to line
in middle of pan then place insert
on top and snap together.
Place on middle of rack in oven
and bake 15-18 minutes. Allow to
cool before removing from pan.
Filling suggestions:
n Graham crackers, chocolate
chips and marshmallows
n Whipped cream and berries
n Ice cream or pudding
Add fillings inside cone, top
with Vanilla Frosting or ice cream,
and serve. Recipe courtesy of Baker’s Advantage/Alissa Wallers
3 sticks butter, unsalted and at room
temperature
6 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup heavy cream
Using handheld or stand mixer, cream butter on high,
about 3 minutes.
Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, mixing on
medium between each addition.
Scrape bowl well. Add remaining ingredients; mix
on low until incorporated.
Turn mixer to high and beat frosting until light and
fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Use immediately or store in airtight container in
refrigerator.
Note: Frosting must be at room temperature prior
to using.
Bake In the Fun
Making a cake with a treat hidden inside is as easy
as 1-2-3 with Fillables Bakeware from Baker’s
Advantage. Because the bakeware does all of the
work for you, there are no special baking skills
required; just pour in the batter and bake. Then, fill
the pockets in the cake with any treat you like and
spread icing to cover the surprise. Next, add the top
cake layer, ice the whole cake, slice and serve.