Sixth day of Christmas–and cake

The sixth day of Christmas–and cake

On the sixth day of Christmas. It’s already the sixth day of Christmas, huh? Wonderful, I say! Wonderful.

This. is a very quite delicious cake.

We call it Christmas Cake.

[Say that in the voice of Marilyn Monroe wishing someone a Happy Birthday.]

It looks particularly marvelous when you add a fresh mint leaf to the top–next to the fresh berries.  I don’t have fresh any kind of spice at the moment — except dried basil leaves.

No.

It’s Handsome Dude’s personal birthday favorite.

[Not the dried basil leaves–the Christmas Cake.]

There are two people abiding in this humble abode of awesomeness [Handsome Dude and the other occupant] which equals approximately 1/2 of a 9×13 piece of cake.  It’s the size I recommend.

The recipe is definitely somewhere — somewhere in my Christmas boxes [2012 wasn’t a year for a multitude of decorations so most of the boxes remain unopened].

It’s a Christmas Cake so storing it with Christmas stuff seemed like an efficient way to store it.  Don’t judge.  Smile, maybe–but don’t judge.

The recipe was nowhere to be found.

My fingers are numb from the googling.  And — yes — it would have been faster just to open the dumb boxes of decorations.

There are approximately a gazillion recipes for some variation or other of a Raspberry/Strawberry Danish Dessert Cake available for our cooking pleasures.

Well, now there are a gazillion and one, because none of them fit the bill.

Allow me to apologize in advance for not knowing how to make the recipe all neatly typed in a box with the option to print.

I apologize.

Raspberry Christmas Cake

Ingredients

–1 white cake mix  [I used a Betty Crocker Super Moist White cake mix because it was on sale.]

–2 cups powdered sugar [Snow in a bag.]

–8 oz. cream cheese [I use 1/3 less fat cream cheese because I feel if it is 1/3 less fat then I will be 1/3 less fat.]

–16 oz cool-whip, thawed in the fridge [not unthawed, because that isn’t a word]

–1 pkg. Raspberry junket Danish Dessert [NOT Jello]

–1 (one) 12 oz package of frozen raspberries, thawed–don’t drain the juice

–Fresh raspberries to eat while you’re making the dessert [kidding–except not]
–1 cup of fresh raspberries for garnish
–Fresh mint leaves for garnish [not dried basil]

Put that cake mix together according to the instructions and bake it. Let it cool, let it cool, let it completely cool. That generally happens if you don’t start making the frosting/topping part until after the cake is cooked. If you start the frosting/topping part immediately after you put the cake in the oven, you’ll just need to make sure the cake cools before you frost it.

Cream the powdered sugar and the cream cheese together.
[It will seem like it’s a little bit snowing right in your very own kitchen if you don’t start out at a low speed on your mixer.]
Once the sugar is completely dissolved and seems to have vanished, add the cool-whip in four parts–which means not all at once.

Spread a thick layer of the deliciousness on the completely, totally cooled cake.

Lick the spatula.

Put the frosted cake in the fridge.

Make the junket Danish Dessert [while the cake is cooling–or even the next day] according to the Fruit Sauce directions on the package — except use 2 3/4 cups of cold water, and don’t add the lemon slice or the cinnamon.

Once that stuff is boiling [stirring all the way-ay], turn the heat off and let it cool a bit. Add the thawed raspberries with the juice.
Cool the sauce — we like it refrigerator cold — not room temperature cooled off.

Cut the cake [if there are two of you, that is one cut right smack dab down the middle].
Spoon the sauce over the top of the cake.
Lick the spoon.
Add a few berries and some fresh mint leaves if you have them.

A green candle works fabulously as well.

Gaze upon its loveliness for about .03 seconds.

Eat it.

Well–sing whatever version of Happy Birthday you feel is appropriate–and then eat it.

That. is a very quite delicious cake.

~smile~

On the SIXTH day of Christmas his true love gave to him:

–one NERF N-Strike MAVERICK rev-6 [which is the number of suction darts that comes with it] Quick-Firing Blaster with Rotating Barrel.

Win.

[Especially because my friend who went shopping with me suggested I purchase two of them–so there could be a litte NERF N-Strike MAVERICK rev-6 challenge–with me.]

It was a hit.

I’m so much closer to being the super wife of his universe I can’t even stand it.

Happy SIXTH day of Christmas.