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DESSERTS
Cherry Coffee Cake
2/3 cup softened butter
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
4 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups buttermilk or sour milk
1 cups dried tart red cherries or cranberries
Crumb topping
1 cup flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
Line2 8x8 or one 9x12 pan with foil making sure to extend the foil over the pan edges. Grease the foil well. In a large bowl, beat the butter on low and add sugars, beat until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time. Combine flour, baking powder, cardamom, baking soda, and salt. Add the flour mixture and the milk alternately to the beaten mixture. Fold in the dried fruit and put in pan. Make the crumb topping by combining the flour, sugar and butter in a bowl. Stir with a fork or pastry cutter until crumbly. Spread evenly over the cake. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until done. These cakes can be frozen for up to three months.
Easy Cake for Kids
Mix one box of chocolate cake mix with a 12 ounce can of Diet Coke. Bake as directed on the box for the regular recipe. If you like vanilla cake, use white cake mix and Diet 7 Up.
Minute Chocolate Mug Cake
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
Dash of vanilla
1 large coffee mug that is microwave safe
Add the dry ingredients to the mug and stir well. Add the egg and mix. Pour in the milk and oil and stir well. Add the chocolate chips and vanilla. Stir. Place mug in microwave and cook on HIGH(1000 watts) for 3 minutes. The cake will rise a little over the top of the mug and then fall down again. Remove cup from microwave and cool a little. Enjoy!
MAKE-IT-YOURSELF CAKE FLOUR
Regular cake flour costs $1.50 per pound. Regular flour purchased on sale cost .20 cents per pound. To make your own cake flour, simply put 1 tablespoon of cornstarch in the bottom of a one cup measuring cup and fill with flour, level off. Put into a 1 Cup and sift the mixture at least twice. Repeat until you have the amount of cake flour you need to complete your recipe.
Orange Dreamsicle Cake
1 egg
1 box white cake mix
1 can orange soda
1 package orange gelatin (3-oz size)
1 package instant vanilla pudding (3-oz size)
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 carton prepared whipped topping, thawed (8-oz)
Mix cake mix with orange soda and eggs. Spray a 9"x13" pan with cooking spray. Pour batter into pan. Bake 20-30 minutes at 350 degrees. When cake is done, poke holes in the cake with a fork. Mix 1 package of the orange jello with 1 cup HOT water until dissolved. Add 1 cup COLD water and pour entire mixture over the cake allowing the jello mixture to run into the holes. Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours.
Mix together the box of vanilla pudding mix and the other package of jello. Add 1 cup of milk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix very well. Blend in the thawed whipped topping. Use this mixture to frost the cake.
Be sure to keep cake refrigerated.
Sweetheart's Cake
One 9-inch heart shaped cake layer or several smaller sized individual cakes
Whipped Topping
Cherry pie filling
Center the heart shape on a large plate. Frost with the whipped topping. Using a teaspoon or pastry bag, make a border around the edge of the cake and refrigerate until serving time. Just before serving, spoon the cherry filling inside the border you made.
Cookie Pizza
"Pizza Dough"
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
12-ounce package chocolate chips
"Toppings"
Raspberry or Strawberry Jam
M & M candies
Chopped nuts, walnuts, pecans or peanuts
Shredded coconut
Cream shortening and sugars, add the eggs and beat well. Combine the flour, soda and salt and add to the mixture, beating well to mix. Stir in the vanilla and chocolate chips and beat 30 seconds to mix. Divide the dough between two large foil pizza pans (well greased) or put about half of the dough onto one pizza pan and make the rest into cookies.
Bake the "pizzas" in a 350 degree oven for about 18 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Let the "pizzas" cool completely before adding the "toppings."
Spread the jam to almost the edge of the baked "Pizza." Then sprinkle with the chopped nuts and colored candies. Finish off with a dusting of the shredded coconut.
You can use a pizza cutter to served this desert. Cut small slices as it is rich. You will need to run a small knife around the outside edge of the pan first to loosen the cookie before serving. (These are fun for a party)
Springtime Fruit Crumble
3 cups chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb
1 cup finely sliced apples
1 cup sliced stawberries
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup quick cooking oats
Mix the fruit in a medium bowl. Spoon the mixture into a greased 8" square or round baking dish. Combine the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of the fruit. Set aside. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut the butter in with a pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly. Stir in the brown sugar and the oats. Sprinkle over the top of the fruit mixture. Bake @ 350 for 45-50 minutes or until lightly browned.
