Saturday, March 29, 2014

Divinity

2 C sugar
1/2 C water
1/8 tsp salt

Cook to soft ball stage.

Add in small jar marshmallow cream, 1 tsp vanilla, and 2 C coarsely

chopped pecans.

Drop onto wax paper and let cool.

Fresh Apple Cake

1 C butter
2 C sugar
4 C diced apples
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 C raisens
1 C chopped pecans
2 C flour

---FILLING---
1 small can evaporated milk
3/4 C sugar
1 egg
1 tsp flour

Cook until thickened. Add 1 C coconut and spread on cake.

Date and Nut Bread

2 C apple juice
2 C chopped, pitted dates
2 C sugar
2/3 C butter, softened
2 eggs
3 C flour, sifted
2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
2 C chopped nuts
1 tsp vanilla

Bring apple juice to boil. Pour over dates and set aside.

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs and mix well.

Sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with vanilla and water. Add date mixture and nuts.

Prepare 2 loaf pants. Divide loaf between pans. Bake in 275F oven for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Dang Good Pie

Makes 2 Pies

9 tbsp butter, melted
4 eggs
4 1/2 tbsp flour
2 1/4 C sugar
1 large can crushed pineapple, drained
1 can coconut

Beat eggs. Add sugar and flour, mix. Add melted butter. Add pineapple and coconut.

Bake pie shells until light brown and then pour ingredients in pie shells.

Bake for 1 hour at 350F or until set and brown.

Cream Cheese Pound Cake

3 C sugar
3 sticks butter
8 oz cream cheese
3 C cake flour
2 tsp vanilla extract
6 eggs

Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar and mix. Add flour and eggs alternately (start with flour and end with flour).

Pour in prepared cake pan. Bake at 300F for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Coconut Pound Cake

2 sticks butter
2/3 C crisco
3 C sugar
5 large eggs
1 C sweet milk
3 C plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp coconut extract
1 tsp butter flavor
1 can coconut

Cream butter and crisco. Gradually add sugar. Add eggs, one at a time.

Add alternately milk and flour mixture (flour, baking powder, salt). Add flavoring and coconut.

Bake in tube pan at 300F for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Coca Cola Cake

---CAKE---
2 C flour
2 C sugar
1 1/2 C small marshmallows
1 C Coca-Cola
1/2 C buttermilk
1/2 C butter
1/2 C oil
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp cocoa
2 eggs, beaten

Sift together flour and sugar; stir in marshmallows.

In sauce pan, combine butter, oil, Coca-Cola, and cocoa. Heat until butter melts. Pour over flour mixture.

Stir in baking soda, eggs, and buttermilk. Add vanilla. Pour in cake pan and bake 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350F.

---FROSTING---
3 tbsp cocoa
1/2 C butter
6 tbsp Coca-Cola
1 C chopped pecans
1 box powdered sugar

Put butter, cocoa, and Coca-Cola in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and pecans. Use to frost cake.