Stake Conference Cakes

One of the many Stake Conference blessings that Liz and I enoy is the opportunity to feed the Stake Choir and the Leadership between sessions. Liz has an amazing Hosting Committee with great recipes that we share with each other and various other friends that may ask. So...that being said, and with much gratitude to all who waxed enthusiastic over the dessert cakes, here are the recipes. You might start thinking "hey - they all sound alike!" Well, they are. And you can do this with any boxed cake mix.

Basic Box Cake Recipe

1 Boxed Cake mix
2 Small Boxes Instant Pudding (in a complimentary flavor)
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup warm water
1 cup sour cream

Beat until well mixed, pour into prepared bundt or cake pan, (I just spray oil. I never flour) bake at 350 or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Set to cool for 20 minutes exactly then you can remove from the pan with no trouble.

Lemon Poppyseed Cake

I used a Lemon Cake mix, 2 boxes lemon pudding, 2 tlbsp poppyseed. The glaze was 4 cups of powdered sugar and 3 - 4 tlbsp lemon juice.

Apple Spice Cake

I used a Spike Cake mix, 1 box butterscotch pudding, 1 box vanilla pudding, and an addititional tblsp of cinamon in the cake mix. I also cubed 2 tart apples, tossed them in about a tablespoon of flour and added them to the cake mix just before pouring it in the pan. The flour will keep the apple pieces from sinking in the mix. I didn't add nuts because its wise to avoid nuts when serving lots of people (allergy issues), but walnuts and pecan are particularly delish with this mix. The frosting was a typical buttercream with the addition of a tlbsp of cinnamon.

Chocolate Cake

I used a devil's food cake mix, and two chocolate pudding mixes. For the frosting I melted the butter in a buttercream frosting recipe until almost liquid, added 3 tlbsp of cocoa and then beat the frosting until it was light an fluffy.

I hope you enjoy!