Cake recipes for Monica :)

I highly recommend the above cake.  Its simple and good . . . and you can make lots of fluffy and delicious whipped cream frosting with very little sugar.  Whipped cream frosting all over the face makes for great First Birthday photo ops . . . you know, for the baby book!  :)

As a matter of fact, a new favorite frosting that I stumbled upon doesn't even have sugar . . . just a little maple syrup.  It would be awesome on this cake!  Here's the recipe:

With an electric mixer, (starting on low and gradually increasing the speed to avoid splatters) whip the following ingredients for several minutes, until thick and creamy:
2 cups heavy cream
One 8-ounce package of cream cheese, at room temp (room temp is very important, trust me)  :)
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

I love this frosting!

GOOD LUCK!!
Love,
Kathy

P.S.  In the cake recipe, I never used "superfine sugar", just plain white sugar, and it worked fine.  I also usually use grapeseed oil as the oil . . . I think I used olive oil once and it did change the flavor a bit.