All-in-One Cake

Steps

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6 ounces cream cheese, softened
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1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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1 (2 lb.) pkg. Domino® Confectioners’ Sugar
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2/3 cup milk
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Cake
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4 large eggs, slightly beaten
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2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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2/3 cup water
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Frosting
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla at medium speed, until smooth. Remember to use regular cream cheese. Substituting with low-fat or fat-free cream cheese may change the consistency of the frosting..
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Add sugar alternately with milk, beating 1 to 2 minutes, or until blended
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Remove 2 1/2 cups of frosting from bowl, placing into a plastic resealable bag, and set aside
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Cake
Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt baking pan, preferably non-stick.
With mixer at slow speed, add eggs to remaining frosting in mixing bowl; beat until blended. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
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Add flour mixture to frosting mixture, alternately with water, and continue beating 1 to 2 minutes, or until well blended. Be careful not to overmix your cake batter. Mix just until all ingredients are combined, since overmixing will give you a denser, heavier cake. Pour batter into pan.
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Bake 65 to 75 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 30 minutes.
While cake is still warm, use a knife to loosen it from the sides of the pan. Cool completely before removing from pan.
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Place cake on serving plate and top with remaining icing by cutting one corner of the resealable plastic bag and squeezing the frosting out in a circular motion on top of the cake. The frosting will begin to descend and cover the sides of the cake.
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For cupcakes, line 2 or 3 muffin pans with paper liners, pour batter to fill halfway. Bake 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
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For sheet cake, pour batter into a generously greased and floured 9x13-inch baking dish.
Bake 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.