Double Chocolate Coca Cola Cake

Ingredients:

1 cup Coca Cola 

1/2 cup oil

1 stick butter

3 Tablespoon cocoa

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting:

1 stick butter

3 Tablespoon cocoa

6 Tablesppon of cream or milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar

Instructions:

In a saucepan, mix Coca Cola, oil, butter and cocoa and bring to a boil. In another bowl, combine the sugar, flour and salt. Pour the boiling Cola mixture over the flour mixture and beat well. Add the eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla and beat well. Pour mixture into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees or 20 to 25 minutes. Remove pan. Cool for about 10 minutes before frosting.

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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1 1/2 cups butter

3 cups white sugar

6 eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.

In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy.

Add eggs two at a time, beating well with each addition. Add the flour all at once and mix in. Add vanilla.

Pour into a 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

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Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

2-1/2 cups 2% milk 

1 cup butter, cubed 

8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped 

3 eggs 

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour 

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda 

1/2 teaspoon salt 

filling: 

6 tablespoons butter, cubed 

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped 

2-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 

GANACHE: 

10 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped 

2/3 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan, cook the milk, butter and chocolate over low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; let stand for 10 minutes. 

2. Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, beat eggs and vanilla; stir in chocolate mixture until smooth. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture and mix well (batter will be thin). 

3. Transfer to three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

4. For filling, in a small saucepan, melt butter and chocolate. Stir in confectioners' sugar and cream until smooth. 

5. For ganache, place chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool, stirring occasionally, until ganache reaches a spreading consistency. 

6. Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with half of the filling. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread ganache over top and sides of cake. Store in the refrigerator.

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Pizza Rolls Recipe

All-purpose flour, as needed for dusting

2 (1-pound) balls pizza dough

1-pound ball fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced

1 1/2 cups mixed grape tomatoes, halved

1/2 cup basil leaves, torn

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

3 tablespoons olive oil

Salt and ground black pepper

Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

Lightly dust a work surface with all-purpose flour. Carefully stretch both balls of pizza dough out into a rectangle about 12-inches long and 8-inches wide (the dough should be between 1/4- and 1/2-inch thick). Scatter the mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, and pepper flakes evenly over each piece of dough. Drizzle the olive oil evenly over both portions of dough and season them with salt and pepper.

Starting on the wider side of the dough, roll each piece of dough into a log. Slice each log into 6 equal portions and transfer the rolls to the prepared baking sheets leaving at least 1-inch between each roll.

Bake the pizza rolls, rotating the pans halfway through baking, until deep golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let the rolls cool slightly before serving 

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