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Ingredients
- 2 large water or soda bottles (empty)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 sticks butter
- 6 eggs
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Ready 2 large plastic bottles, cleaned and dried.
- Add 1 cup of flour to each bottle.
- Add 1/2 cup of sugar to each.
- Melt butter, then add equal halves to each bottle.
- Add 6 eggs, 3 in each.
- Add 1/2 tbsp of baking powder to each.
- Add 1/2 cup of heavy cream to each.
- Shake the bottles thoroughly until the contents are well mixed.
- In one of the bottles only, add the cocoa powder.
- Beginning with the cocoa powder mixture, add a dolop of batter to the center of a circular
- baking tin. Do the same with the other mixture, placing the dolop directly in the center of the previous one.
- Continue with alternating additions of each mixture until all batter is used and the tin is full.
- Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Top rated Christmas cocktail party themes recipes
Merry Christmas Punch
By Olga Klesch
Warm up with this delicious, festive punch!
- 700 ml Medium dry white wine (1 1/4 pints)
- 2 Tablespoon Cherry liqueur
- 2 Tablespoon Gin
- 2 Tablespoon Caster sugar
- 2 Teaspoon Blade mace (or 1/4 tsp ground mace)
- Cocktail cherries and lemon slices (optional)
Peppermint Eggnog Punch
By Amber M
Place ice cream in a large chilled bowl; stir until softened
- 1 quart peppermint ice cream
- 1 quart eggnog
- 1 cup rum
- 1 - 2 bottles ginger ale, chilled
- Peppermint sticks
Super Easy Egg Nog
By deebs
This is an individual serving size of eggnog
- 1 whole egg
- ¼ teaspoon organic vanilla
- ¼-½ teaspoon stevia or xylitol, or to taste
- 1 cup coconut milk
- Nutmeg to taste
- 1 pinch sea salt
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