MORE THAN GARDENS ARE BLOOMING THIS SPRING!

Bring JOY to Your Baking This Season With Rose Bundt® Cakes

Melrose Park, Ill. (April 22, 2004) – Everything’s coming up roses this spring, especially in the kitchen! With entertaining possibilities abound from wedding showers to Mother’s Day, what better way to decorate your table than flowers this season? Instead of a traditional bouquet, try a sweet recipe for Rose Bundt® and Rose Mini-Bundt cakes, a unique and simple treat that’s truly a joy to view and eat.

Everyone from wedding planners to home bakers seem to be embracing mini-cakes, because they’re personal, fun to view, and easy to serve at a busy party. Serve the mini-cakes alongside the larger cake for a stunning presentation that will wow your guests.

Although their exquisite detail gives the impression of being created by a pro, these cakes take no time at all to prepare, and are the perfect dessert to serve at any spring gathering. With only six ingredients, the recipe is one of the simplest cakes you can make, so you can spend more time with your guests and less time in the kitchen.

Decorating these cakes is the easiest part of all – because innovative Nordic Ware® pans create the beautiful detail, there’s no frosting necessary. Because these cake designs are so intricate, it’s important to use a baking spray with flour like Baker’s Joy® to ensure they come out flawless. Simply follow the recipe for the Yellow Cream Rose Bundt Cake (below), and heed these simple tips to create perfect spring flowers to grace your table and your taste buds:

• Because the Rose Bundt cake’s beauty lies in the details, and because you can’t cover up mistakes with frosting, the most important step in creating a perfect cake is to properly grease and flour the pan. Use a non-stick spray with flour like Baker’s Joy for the best results – it’s easier and less messy than greasing and flouring separately.
• To eliminate air bubbles (which can cause blemishes in your cake), after slowly pouring the batter into the pan, pick the pan up and knock it on the counter a few times so the air bubbles rise up and away from the outside edge of the cake.
• Before placing in the oven, take your spatula and push the batter to the outside and into the grooves of the pan to ensure a more even, detailed cake.

Yellow Cream Rose Bundt Cake
Serves 12-16
Prep Time: 20 min
• 3/4 cup butter, softened • 2 1/4 cups cake flour
• 2 1/4 cups sugar • 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 4 eggs • 3/4 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 325†. Spray Rose Bundt and/or Rose Mini-Bundt pans with Baker’s Joy.

Cream butter with mixer on medium speed, gradually adding the sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and cream alternately, beginning and ending with flour. When well blended, stir in vanilla.

Directions for Rose Bundt cake:

Slowly pour batter into pan and bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted near center. Cool 10-15 minutes before removing from pan.

Directions for Rose Mini-Bundt cakes:

Slowly pour batter into pan and bake for 18-22 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted near center. Cool 10-15 minutes before removing from pan.

Baker's Joy® is the Original No-Stick baking spray with flour, trusted by bakers across the country for more than 20 years. Baker's Joy can be found in most national grocery chains and Wal-Mart Supercenters.

Founded in 1946, Nordic Ware® has been providing long-lasting, quality kitchenware products and services for over 50 years. Nordic Ware is best known for creating the original Bundt® Pan. Nordic Ware products can be found at gourmet and specialty stores nationwide or on-line at www.nordicware.com.