Garrett's First Birthday Cake and Icing
- 1 cup pitted dates
- 1 cup golden raisin
- 3 apples, peeled and grated
- 1 12 cups plain yogurt
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 38 cup wheat bran
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 12 teaspoons ground cardamom
- 1 12 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 (1 1/2 ounce) instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1 34 cups milk
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
- Place dates, raisins, grated apple, yogurt, and oats into a large processor.
- Process on high until everything is thoroughly blended: there should not be any distinguishable ingredient pieces.
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease your baking pans.
- Transfer fruit, yogurt, and oat mixture to a large mixing bowl and add remaining ingredients: flour, bran, baking powder, cardamom, and cinnamon.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Pour into greased baking dishes and bake on 350 for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Keep in mind that the personal sized cake will take a shorter amount of time.
- For the icing; In a medium bowl, combine pudding mix and milk.
- Mix well and let stand until thickened.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Add pudding and mix well.
- Finally, fold in the whipped topping.
dates, golden raisin, apples, yogurt, oats, whole wheat flour, bran, baking powder, ground cardamom, ground cinnamon, chocolate pudding, milk, cream cheese, frozen whipped topping
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/garretts-first-birthday-cake-and-icing-387328 (may not work)