The Best of 2 Broke Bakers: The 10 Most Popular Recipes

As 2012 comes to an end we wanted to do a roundup and look at all the favorites posts throughout the year.  Since we've only been around for less than a year it's been quite the journey.

10. Cake Pop Greatest Hits












9. Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

8. One Eyed Monster Cake Pops

7. Dark Chocolate Banana French Toast

6. Not Quite 7 Layer Dip

5. Cake Pops 101

4. Strawberry Banana Angel Food Cake

3. Peacock Cake Pops

2. Hippo Cake Pops on the Prowl

and the most popular post on 2 Broke Bakers in 2012 was.....

1. Elephant Cake Pops

It's been a great year for us and we look forward to more in 2013. Up next is our personal favorite posts of 2012.

Strawberry Banana Angel Food Cake Kabobs

Strawberry Shortcake is simply a classic.  It's light, sweet and healthy all at the same time.  It's also perfect for Mother's Day.  This time we took the traditional recipe and added some chocolate, bananas and threw it on a stick.  These Strawberry Banana Angel Food Cake Kabobs add a little more guilt to this tasty pleasure.   Did we mention it's only $8 for over 20 kabobs. Plus it easily feeds 10 people no problem.

Start with strawberries, an angel food cake (we bought ours but you can easily make one), 2 baskets of strawberries, some chocolate and a banana or two.

We prepped the strawberries first. Cut off the green stems, and dice in half.

Once the 2 baskets are finished add a tablespoon of sugar (or not depending on how sweet you want this). Then refrigerate if you like your strawberries cold.

 Next up the angel food cake.  After cutting many pieces we decided they need to be a bit smaller than the picture. Aim for a square shape.

Then the bananas. We cut one and then added a drop of lemon juice to each side to prevent browning.  Do you have any other secrets to preventing browning? We'd love to learn a new trick.

Up next is assembly. Any combination of strawberries, angel food cake and bananas is good. Or add a different fruit like pineapples or a berry if your heart so desires.

Last for the fun part.  Melt some dark chocolate and drizzle it over the kabobs.

We put some cool whip in a container and the dessert is done.

Hope you enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!!

Recipe

2 Baskets Strawberries
1 Angel Food Cake
1-2 Bananas
1 pkg Dark Chocolate Chips
1 Tablespoon Sugar
Lemon Juice
Kabobs
Cool Whip

Cut stems off strawberries and then in halves.  Add sugar.
Dice Angel Food Cake
Slice bananas and add lemon juice to prevent browning
Assemble strawberries, bananas and cake onto kabobs
Melt chocolate and drizzle over kabobs
Dip in Cool Whip and enjoy!

It's sooo Fluffy Strawberry Ganache Cake

Clearly we are obsessed with Despicable Me ("It's sooooo fluffy" - Agnes). If you don't know what we're talking about, view it here.  Our baking all started with the Cake Pop Minions and here we are two years later with a cake that has the most fluffy-est frosting ever.  The best part is it's super easy to make as well as super easy to eat.  Cool whip plus strawberries, a little sugar and jam plus one box cake equals..... $3.50!

Start by baking a regular devil food cake.  While the cake is off in the oven we get to make the frosting.

Cut approximately 1 basket of strawberries or 2 cups.  Chop into small pieces and place in a medium size bowl.

Here's the fun part. Mash the strawberries. Leave some of the strawberries in small chunks, but you want to create a pool of liquid made out of the strawberry juice.

Add one tablespoon of strawberry jam and one teaspoon of sugar into the mashed strawberries.  Then fold an entire container of 8 oz cool whip (aka whipped topping).

Continue folding in the cool whip until the strawberry mix is completely intermixed.

If there is extra liquid (if the strawberries were extremely ripe there might be more juice from the strawberries), then it might not be as fluffy. In case this happens remove a bit of the liquid before adding in the cool whip.

Once the cake has cooled add the frosting in between the layers, on top of the cake, around the side of the cake.  Basically add the frosting in whichever way you want. Or don't and eat it by itself.

Make sure to eat it up quick! We kept it in the refrigerator topped it with our homemade ice cream and called it a day.










It's so Fluffy Strawberry Frosting Recipe

2 cups chopped strawberries
8 oz whipped topping
1 tablespoon strawberry jam
1 teaspoon sugar

Combine strawberry jam and sugar into a medium bowl which contains the 2 cups chopped strawberries.
Add the whipped topping to the medium bowl and slowly fold the whipped topping into the strawberry mix.