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Cake and Toppers
By Cindy Posey | July 8, 2008
The Virtual Cake
I didn’t make a real cake for Go Workout Mom. Recovering from 4th of July Celebrations, we didn’t need extra calories in the house, but this Valentine’s Day Cake from two years ago works well as a Virtual Cake to celebrate:
My cake recipes are not for the dieting fanatic. I use full butter (which in the long run is better than any of the substitutes on the market), shortening (okay, no good value there, but no trans fat either), and sugar and more. So with that being said, here’s a wonderful moist, somewhat healthy cake to enjoy: the Applesauce Spice Cake featured in Better Homes and Garden 2000 New Cook Book.
2 c. All-purpose flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 t. ground nutmeg
1/4 t. ground cloves
1/4 t. ground ginger
1/4 c. butter, softened
1/4 t. shortening
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 t. vanilla
2 eggs
1/4 c. buttermilk
1 c. applesauce
1. Grease and flour a 13x9x2 or 2 8×11/2 round pans. Stir together all dry ingredients and set aside.
2. In large mixing bowl beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla; beat til well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add dry mixture and buttermilk and applesauce alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just till combined. Pour into prepared pans.
3. Bake at 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes for 13×9 pan or 30 to 35 minutes for round pans or till a wooden toothpick comes out clean. Place cake on a wire rack in pan for ten minutes and then remove from pan to continue cooling on wire rack.
Nutritional Facts per serving (cake only):
263 cal
9 g. total fat (4 g. saturated fat)
47 mg. cholesterol
181 mg. sodium
41 g. carbohydrates
1 g. fiber
4 g. protein
Toppers
More for the blogging enthusiasts, this is my list of Top Performers over the last year. Reviewing the past is helpful in setting up the future. I also like to thank and recognize the other bloggers and platforms that help Go Workout Mom exist in the blogosphere.
Top Commentors
- Blaine Moore from Run To Win: With over 71 comments, Blaine has been a supporter from the beginning. Thank you for checking in on me. Your runs are always amazing and your experience with blogging has been tremendously helpful.
- Lisa from Workout Mommy: With over 57 comments, Lisa shares her experiences and positive motivation regularly. It’s great to share our blogging questions and guidance through emails and the blog.
- MizFit: With over 47 comments, MizFit shares her great sense of humor and friendly quirps about fitness, life and blogging. In a few short months, you’ve racked up the comments and kept me rolling on the floor (another good workout by the way)!
Top Individual Blogger’s Incoming Traffic Source
- Workout Mommy
- Roni’s Weigh (used to be Roni’s Weight Watchen Page)
- Hungry Little Caterpillar
- Fitness for Mommies
- Preschool Mama
Top Group Blogging Sources
Top Search Engines
- Yahoo
- MSN
Top Social Traffic Sources
Top Forum Sources
Top Series
Top Posts (Most Visits outside of the Home Page)
- Home Circuit Workout for all Moms
- Playtime Workout Warmup for Moms and Toddlers
- 101 Body Resistance Exercises
- 6 Ways to Improve Moms Multi-tasking Skill
- Designing a Tailored Program for Beginners
- Connect with a Mom Workout Partner near You
- You Will Not Look Like a Bodybuilder
- Opposites Attract, Strength Training is a Balancing Act
- Playtime Workout for Moms and Toddlers
- Add Strength Training to Your Workout Our Great Great Grandmothers Strength Trained
Top Prize
- Provided by Lipton Tea, Susan won the Fuji Crosstown Bike valued at $399.00!
Party Favor
As much as I would like to give a way a Yummy cake, it just wouldn’t ship well and I don’t want to deal with the legalities of mailing food. So, I have another $20.00 Smoothie Gift Card that will go to today’s lucky commentor.
The Question:
What is your favorite cake? Do you bake it? Make it healthy? Or enjoy the full fat/sugar variety?
Head back to Go Workout Mom Turns One for the full week’s lineup and Party Favor Giveaways.
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My fave cake would be Chili’s Molten Choc Cake. I only crave chocolate when I’m PMSing, so it’s kinda like a once a month thing
IM IN!
cheap chocolate grocery store birthday cake with CHEAP icing.
yep
thats the way the MizFit rolls.
You can ignore my comment for prize purposes here, I just wanted to chime in that my favorite cake is no cake. Drives my wife nuts; she can’t figure out how she married somebody that doesn’t eat dessert.
I love the red velvet cake my mother makes every year for Christmas.
yuummmmmmm, cake! I love chocolate cake with THICK chocolate icing.
and how cool are your stats? It would take me a year to find out all that information!
That is a beautifully decorated Valentine’s cake! I’m impressed.
So fun to read your top commentators, posts, etc. You’ve done an outstanding job for your first year.
As for cake, I’m partially to the store-bought yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Mmmmmmm!!!!
Yum, Yum! Yep, I like them all. Cheap (MizFit!), Easy to make (Susan), Red Velvet (that’s what’s in the Pic, Heather), Molten (I’ve only had once, Bunny), but it was to die for!
Blaine, you sound just like my husband! Although, he wouldn’t mind eating a slice when I bake it!
Another reason to be envious – I can’t bake a cake to save my life! Congrats on turning one!
If I am going to make a cake…it will taste like cake! I love chocolate and German chocolate!
I agree with Betsy! One of our many fav’s here is my Wacky Cake (chocolate) with my Chocolate Velvet Frosting. It’s a cake you mix in the pan that you bake it in. The Frosting is smooth almost like a hot fudge but thicker!
Yum, I may have to go make it after talking about it.
Megan
Chocolate Dobash! I’ve never made it myself but since I can’t seem to find it anywhere around here, should probably start searching for recipes!
Your lists of toppers are GREAT! You sure put in a heap of time on that (I’m sure some of it was computer generated, but not all of it!).
My favorite cake is tira misu. The kind you get at a hole in the wall family restaurant off the back roads in Tuscany, Italy. MizFit likes it cheap, but when it comes to favorite cake, I’ve got to stick with the ‘spensive stuff. That’s the way THIS mama rolls!
My favorites are Guava Chiffon Cake and Haupia Cake. Hauapia is made with coconut milk but way, way better than regular coconut cake! I love these cakes cause they’re light(like angel food cake) and their icings are light and not too sweet(more gelatin like so the cake needs to be refrigerated). I don’t care as much for the dense cakes and heavy icings. Not that I don’t eat those, I eat those alot too but these cakes are special! So usually I just get them once a year on my birthday! And no I don’t bake them, or else I’d be eating them everyday!
I absolutely love hot fudge pudding cake and it must be in its completely full-fat rich and decadent glory. However, I don’t indulge in it more than a couple of times a year.
My mom makes a Creme De Menthe cake with fudge and whip cream topping that is amazing.
Great giveaway! Count me in. bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com