Alternatively titled: Happy Birthday Papa Spoons!!!
Step 1: Buy chocolate cake mix. Prepare according to package instructions.
Step 2: Beat whipped cream into oblivion. Resist urge to stick fingers in bowl while mixer is moving.
Step 3: When cake has cooled, slather first layer with generous amounts of cherry pie filling and whipped cream. Top with second layer. Proceed to slather entire cake with whipped cream. Lick fingers and spatula.
Step 4: Grate chocolate. Do not grate knuckles.
Step 5: Sprinkle grated chocolate over top and sides of cake. “Clean up” extra chocolate.
Step 6: Adorn cake with candles. 21 is always a good number.
Step 7: Sing Happy Birthday (optional: in Polish).
Step 8: After flames have been extinguished and wishes have been made, slice in to cake. Resist temptation to give yourself the first piece.
Step 9: Slice a well-deserved piece for yourself.
Step 10: Enjoy every.single.bite.
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Fruit in cake: yay or nay?
True or False: whipped cream beats frosting?
Existence of dessert stomach: fact or fiction?
Fruit in a cake is always a YES. So is Whipped cream “frosting”… unless cream cheese frosting is an option (nothing beats that!). A Polish translation of Happy Birthday is also a YES 🙂
Sto lat! 😉
Omg, that cake looks delicious!! It’s such a good idea too; such a creative way to use boxed cake mix. I always want to make cakes, but I’m too lazy to make fancy ones and the plain Betty Crocker cake & frosting ones are too boring. I am definitely going to use that idea the next time I bake a cake!
Looks AMAZING!!!!
Love fruit in cakes and whipped cream over frosting any day!!!
🙂
Cookies > cake 🙂
I love it!!! And it looks simply delicious! Such a great and easy idea. Hope you’re having a great weekend!
This cake is GORGEOUS!! I love the layers and the addition of the fruit filling. Fruit in cake YAY for sure!! I could go either way with icing vs whipped cream. I am hoping to make myself a vegan friendly whipped cream soon so I can start using it with goodies!! Happy Birthday to Papa Spoons..such a close B-day to Mama Spoons!!
Have you tried coconut whipped cream? Oh She Glows has a great tutorial on it! http://ohsheglows.com/2012/08/30/coconut-whipped-cream-a-step-by-step-photo-tutorial/
Fruit in cake – yes, please!
True, (homemade) whipped cream beats frosting. I actually can’t stand frosting! Pure sugar!
Dessert stomach = fact not fiction.
Happy birthday papa spoons! I have had such an emotional tail-spin of a weekend! So in this emotional state- fruit in cake yay, whipped cream- of course- dessert stomach can be seen forming once your dinner has filled up your main one right near your belly-button when you glance down. And now I shall proceed to cook a cake just for me and my emotions 🙂 Your cake is magnifico ! Love and hugs (and happy celebrations) Sophia
Oh my gosh! This looks so delicious 🙂 Really wish I wouldn’t have looked at this post before dinner – I’m so hungry right now and it makes me just want to go eat cake! Ha.
I’m not really much of a frosting person, is that weird? I’d rather eat just a bunch of the cake plain. That being said, I much prefer Angel food cake with tons of cool whip/whipped cream. Dessert stomach – yes. I always need to eat something sweet after dinner.
I have to admit I am not a cake eater. Can you believe that? However, if it has ICE CREAM in that cake you better watch out cuz I’m coming to getcha!
Not a cake eater? Blasphemy! But your love of ice cream makes up for it <3
Aww having someone spend time making a homemade cake is the best gift ever! Especially when it’s you apparently haha! Between the cupcake muffins and this amazing cake, your parents are pretty darn lucky 😉 Hope you’ve had a great weekend Amanda!
This looks so good! I’m not a cake fan myself, but I’d be willing to try this 🙂 Love the fruit addition haha
Happy Birthday to your Dad! Lucky him getting this beautiful cake.
Fruit in cake – YES. My Mom does a cream cheese one with pears and peaches ont the bottom and crumbles in top. hmmmm.
And – FROSTING!!!
WHIPPED CREAM IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN FROSTING THERE AREN’T EVEN WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY LOVE FOR WHIPPED CREAM IN THE PLACE OF FROSTING BUT CAPS LOCK WAS CLEARLY NECESSARY
Fruit and cake can definitely be hit or miss but I’m always up to do a taste test
😆 😆 Your love of whipped cream totally just made my day.
Yay to fruit in cake! I think fruit pairs so well with sweets I absolutely love it, chocolate with berries, tropical fruits with vanilla, its so so yummy!!!
Girl, you are a pro! This looks amazing!! As far as my preference for cake goes, the more chocolate and the more frosting, the better 🙂 Happy Birthday to Papa Spoons!!
Fruit in cake: yay or nay? Nay! Unless it’s actually a fruit cake. Does that make any sense?
True or False: whipped cream beats frosting? False! Love me some frosting 😉
Existence of dessert stomach: fact or fiction? Definitely fact – I can take or leave all savoury less-than-healthy foods but give me something sweet and it doesn’t stand a chance.
Happy Birthday to your Dad 😀
xxx
Absolutely – cakes with fruits are the best. My favorite is my moms deep dish apple cake and for my boyfriend I have to make the same cake every single year: mole cake (named such because it looks like a molehill) chocolate cake topped with bananas, cream and more chocolate cake crumbled on top. If I could chose, I’d prefer your combination – chocolate cake and cherries… lucky papa spoons!
I never love cherries more than when they’re paired with chocolate cake and whipped cream!! Happy Birthday to Poppa Spoons! Thank you for helping to bring one of my favourite ladies into this world. <3
Ps. Your parents' birthdays are very close together, but in a time of year where there aren't many other celebrations, perfect for bringing joy to your life!!
Awwr thanks love! Very true – April is all about birthdays, May is Mother’s Day, and then June is Father’s Day. A whooooole lot of celebrating going on.
I love using boxed cake mix and then adding twists of your own to it because it tastes completely authentic but cuts out some of the unnecessary steps! This looks AMAZING. I love the combo of chocolate and fruit (especially cherry because of the tartness) and the shaved chocolate is perfection. Your dad is a lucky guy 🙂
OMG totally love this – I love cherries in cake the best, out of any fruit. And I do love whipped cream instead of frosting.
That looks pretty darn tasty but I should admit that while I LOVE cherries, the pie filling has NEVER won me over. Replace with a homemade strawberry version and I think I’m all in. 😉
Happy Birthday to Papa Spoons! I hope all of you had/are having an awesome celebration!
Are we talking Black Forest Cake here? In that case my mum would tell you you’ve forgotten the booze/kirsch to soak the cake ;). Looks really good in anyway! You did a great job and I’m sure your dad appreciated it.
I’ve let you know before but just to state it once again :): Whipped cream beats frosting every time. As for the dessert stomach: Fact. Plain and simple. Lately, I’ve come to find the same goes for almond butter. Almond butter stomach – why not?!
Black Forest Cake indeed! It’s one of my favorites, but I have to admit that I’ve never had it with alcohol in it – I didn’t even know that was a thing!
Actually, the kirsch is seen as one of the integral ingredients of the cake (called “Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte” in Germany :)). It’s a liqueur that used to be produced mainly in the Black Forest though it’s more widely produced these days [I totally just looked that up because I’m not exactly an expert on that matter :D].
Let me know if you’d like me to translate and type up the recipe my mum uses for any future celebrations – or as a “just because” cake :).
I’d normally say fruit in cake is a nay….but these pictures just might turn my nay into a yayyyy!!!
I think fruit in cake is okay, as long as the fruit doesn’t overpower the rest of the cake…then it would just be pie!
Whipped cream beats frosting every single time. My favorite kind of frosting is the light and fluffy kind that has the consistency of whipped cream. I hate dense frosting.
Dessert stomach is definitely fact!
Your cake looks delicious. It’s making me crave a light, fluffy cake…
That looks like perfection to me. I like fruity cakes most of the time. As long as it’s obviously not a strange or weird connection. I mean I’m not all about adding weird flavors together…good flavors yes but def not weird.
Oh my. That looks amazing. And the photos are gorgeous!
And I would always vote YAY for fruit in cake.
This reminds me of German chocolate cake! Yum! I don’t know if this was very obvious but I had no idea you were Polish! One of my roomates in college – who is now my best friend – was Polish and I loved her family and traditions! 🙂 Plus, I love the Polish language. It sounds wierd but every time she called her parents I always sat right next to her on the phone just to hear her talk lol.
A lot of people actually have a hard time believing I’m Polish – I guess I don’t look it? And it doesn’t sound weird at all… creeper 😛
You can make me a cake any day. Boxed ones are my favorite. Especially if it looks like that…
I hope you have a wonderful day with your dad!
Dessert stomach: Scientifically proven as TRUE. (Or something like that.)
I looove fruit basket cake… Vanilla cake, vanilla pudding, tons of fruit, and frosting. OMG, so good.
Fruit in cake: yup. Cherries, blueberries and strawberries being the best options 😉
Frosting versus whipped cream: as much as I adore whipped cream…I have to go with frosting. If I’m around an unguarded tub of buttercream or crease cheese frosting…well…there won’t be much for the actual cake.
Dessert stomach: absolutely. I can be oh-my-god-I’m-dying-full, but if someone places chocolate or cake in front of me, you better believe I’m taking a bite 😉
Hope Poppa Spoons loved his birthday celebration! Clearly, he must have enjoyed the cake, because who wouldn’t enjoy that amazing looking confection there?
Happy Sunday love! <3
bah, spelling errors!
Is it bad that I didn’t even notice? 😯
Happy Birthday to your Dad!!!
I’m not a fan of fruit in cake, but I also am not a fan of cake so that’s probably why:)
I do love a good brownie or ice cream though.
Frosting over whipped cream any day for me!
Hope your Dad has a great day and that you get to celebrate with him!
i am not a cake person at all but whipped cream frosting is my drug. (for future ideas in case you know you feel like making me some as a special gift) giggles
I feel it! I’m just not sure how well it would travel 🙁
WOW, that looks so amazing…I am drooling! So much easier with a pre packaged mix 🙂
fact, there is always a little room for dessert 🙂 I have never tried fruit in a cake before but I love fruit pies and cobblers. Happy Birthday Papa Spoons!!
This looks delicious!! Thanks for sharing, girlie. 😛
O. M. G. I need a slice of that in my life right now! Fruit in cake is a yes! It can work in a lot of cases 🙂 And as for the existence of a dessert stomach, fact. It is bizarre how I can be so so full yet still have room for ice cream and cake 🙂
Such a cute and fun post.
I’m more into pies and cobblers and crisps than cake, so I’ll definitely take fruit in cake. Whipped cream beats frosting, unless it’s cream cheese frosting. Cream cheese frosting always wins. I don’t usually get a stomachache from too much dessert, but I’ll feel way too thirsty and just kind of gross. Don’t know a better way to explain it than that.
Happy birthday to your dad! (I think? Just saw the tags…)
I’m so torn between whipped cream and cream cheese frosting! And it was indeed my dad’s birthday – we just got around to celebrating it this weekend.
Fruit in cake: YES!
Whipped cream over frosting: homemade whipped cream is about equal to a good homemade frosting to me. HATE the canned stuff, though. ick. it’s just like air…no flavor
Dessert stomach: most definitely!