Texas Sheet Cake

I used to make this all the time. I love it, it's my favorite cake by far, but when we moved up to almost 8,000 feet (elevation) I could not make it work, so the first order of business (after unpacking the boxes) was to make this cake. Glad I did, ate almost the WHOLE pan! It's just the right sweet and moist and I really cannot say enough good things about this cake :)



Texas Sheet Cake

Grease pan: 15 1/2 by 10 1/2" by 1"/

Sift into bowl: 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons soda, 2 cups sugar.
Bring to boil: 2 stick butter/marg. and 4 Tablespoons cocoa and 1 cup water.
Pout over dry ingredients and stir. Add: 2 eggs, 1/2 cup buttermilk.

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

After cake comes out of oven, bring to boil:
1 stick butter and 4 Tablespoons cocoa.
Mix in 6 Tablespoons buttermilk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar and 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts.
Combine and pour on slightly-cooled cake, spreading to cover evenly.

Recipe from my Mom!

Easy Bake oven Chocolate cake

I don't know about all of you, but I have a little girl that LOVES to bake. So it only made sense that Santa brought her an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas. I was so excited when I saw what Santa choose, until I went to the store to buy "Mixes". WHAT A RIP! They want $5.69 for enough cake batter for two (Very small) cake pans. NOT! So to the web I went.... and I did find, oh yes... so here is the first, there will be more to come.

WARNING: THIS CAKE WILL PROBABLY ONLY TASTE GOOD TO LITTLE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE :)

Easy Bake Oven Recipe
Children's Chocolate Cake Mix
1 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable shortening

In a medium bowl, combine sugar, cocoa powder, flour, baking soda and salt. Stir with a wire whisk until blended. With a pastry blender, cut in shortening until evenly distributed and mixture resembles corn meal. Spoon about 1/3 cup of the mixture into each of 11 small containers with tight fitting lids or ziplock bags. Seal containers. Label with date and contents. Store in a cool dry place. Use within 12 weeks. Makes 11 packages of Children's Chocolate Cake Mix for Easy Bake Style Oven.

To Use:
1 package cake mix
4 teaspoons water

Mix together and stir with a fork or spoon until blended and smooth. Pour mixture into greased and floured 4 inch round miniature baking pan. Follow directions for child's oven, or bake in Mom's preheated 375° oven for 12 to 13 minutes. Remove from oven and cool in pan on a rack for 5 minutes. Invert onto a small plate and remove pan. When cool, frost with Children's Chocolate Frosting. Serves 2 children.

Bisquick Coffee Cake (David's favorite)

David LOVES this recipe. He found it on a Bisquick box and makes it every chance he gets. It is very moist and delicious. He ALWAYS doubled the Streusel topping to make it even yummier!


Ingredients:
2 cups original Bisquick mix
2/3 cup milk or water(use milk)
2 Tbsp sugar
1 egg

heat oven to 375F. Grease 9 inch round pan. Make cinnamon streusel; reserve
Stir remaining ingredients until blended. Spread in pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon streusel.
Bake 18-22 minutes or until golden brown

Cinnamon Streusel
(David DOUBLES the streusel topping)

1/3 cup original Bisquick mix
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 ts ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp butter or margarine (firm)

mix all ingredients in small bowl until crumbly, add to top of coffee cake before baking

Recipe from the Bisquick box

Pumpkin Cake Squares

I {heart} holiday baking.. and this is one of my favorites. I love anything pumpkin mixed with cream cheese frosting. David makes these every year... yum.


Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt


Frosting:

3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup cream cheese
2 Tbsp butter or margarine, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

pre-heat oven to 350F. Grease 9 inch square pan. Prepare cake: in bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat sugar and eggs 2 minutes, beat in pumpkin and oil, at low speed add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Beat 1 minute.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. cool pumpkin cake in pan on wire rack.

Prepare frosting with remaining ingredients, add to cooled cake.

(sometimes we DOUBLE the frosting recipe to make it extra yummy)

Recipe from Good Housekeeping magazine 2005

Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

Mix together

1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

add to dry mixture

1 egg
2/3 cup and 1 Tbs milk
1/6 cup vegtable oil

Mix together well, batter will be thick like cake batter. Put in greased round cake pan.

Sprinkle over top before baking:

1/4 cup brown sugar
shakes of cinnamon

then drizzle 4 Tbs melted margarine

bake at 375F for 25 minutes

Recipe is called :cuchin from camp: by Eliva Hunt

Lemon Cake

1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour, sifted
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 Tbls grated lemon zest (zest of one lemon)
2 Tbls fresh lemon juice

Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a 10-inch tube or bundt pan lightly four, shake out excess. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in dry ingredients into egg mixture alternatively with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Add lemon juice and zest. Pour batter into prepared pan. Set on the middle rack of oven and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until cake pulls away from sides of pan and test inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool cake in the pan, set on wire rack for 10-15 minutes. run knife along sides of pan to loosen cake, then pop from pan and spread on icing at once, while cake is still hot.

Lemon Icing
1/2 pound (2 cups) confectioners' sugar
1/2 sick butter, softened
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
3 Tbls. lemon zest

Cream butter and sugar thoroughly, mix in lemon zest and juice. Drizzle over warm cake



This is my kids FAVORITE Sunday dessert!

(Recipe from Silver Palate cookbook)