Apple spice cake

Apple spice cake

1/2 cup softened butter

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 cups grated apples

2/3 cup milk

3/4 cup raisins

1/2 cup walnuts

1 3/4 cups flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

This recipe is originally from the back of a sack of flour but I changed it enough that it's now mine:)
This cake is moist and fluffy with just the right amount of spice and sweetness!! I will definitely be making this again!
Bake in a greased 9x13 pan.
(click on the pictures for a better look)

Easy Chocolate cake

This is the kind of chocolate cake I always wished I had a recipe for because it's light and fluffy. No more cake mixes needed! This recipe evolved out of a square recipe.

Easy chocolate cake

Ingredients:

~2 cups flour
~2 cups sugar
~1 cup margarine or butter
~1 cup water
~4 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
~1/2 cup buttermilk ( I just used regular whole milk and it turned out great)
~2 eggs beaten
~1 tsp baking soda
~1tsp vanilla

Method:

In a large mixing bowl, mix together your flour, sugar and baking soda and set aside. Meanwhile in a saucepan bring your margarine, water and cocoa powder to a boil and stir until well blended. Remove from heat and stir in your vanilla. Add this mixture to your flour mixture that you had set aside and mix half way. Then add your beaten eggs and buttermilk and blend very thoroughly. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake in 350F oven for about 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Once your cake has completely cooled off spread generously with the following icing:

~1/2 cup margarine or butter
~4 tbs unsweetened cocoa
~6 tbs milk
~1 tsp vanilla
~2 1/2 cups icing sugar(or a bit more depending on how thick you want your icing to be. With this amount your icing will feel and taste like fudge!!!)

Mix wet ingredients well ad gradually add your icing sugar while constantly stirring.

Here is the iced cake One yummy, moist slice!
In the pan

Vanilla Almond cake

Vanilla almond cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter (softened)


• 1 1/2 cups sugar


• 3 eggs


• 2 tsp vanilla


• 1 tsp almond extract


• 1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk


• 3 cups flour


• 3 tsp baking powder

Method:

Combine wet ingredients then add dry ingredients and blend until batter is creamy. Bake in a greased cake pan or bunt pan at 350F until a knife comes out clean! About 30 minutes or so. Let cake cool completely before frosting.

Lazy daisy cake

It's a fine Saturday today:) I have lots to do as usual as I prepare for Caleb's birthday dinner tonight...he will have 6 friends over and we'll have pop and pizza and chips and cake and ice cream....typical teen food:):):) Oh the oven is beeping...time to get the cake out of the oven!


What's under the cloth??

It's lazy daisy cake!!!

A delicious sponge cake with Carmel coconut topping...yum yum!

I found this recipe in a "company's coming" cookbook but the original recipe makes a mere 8x8 pan so this recipe reflects the changes to make a 9x13 pan. It's really yummy though so I'm glad to have found this recipe! I just wish their recipes would make more at a time!

Lazy Daisy Cake

4 eggs

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 cup milk

2 tbs margarine

2 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

topping:

1/4 cup margarine

1 1/4 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cups coconut

Mix the batter, bake the cake:) (about 15-20 minutes or so at 350F)

In a sauce pan melt the ingredients for the topping and spread over freshly baked cake. Cool completely before serving!!

Not the cheapest cake to make but every once in a while it's OK to splurge:)

I love to bake and it helps that everyone else in my family likes to eat it (so I'm not eating it!)

The kids often take some goodies in their lunches to school.

(lazy daisy cake in little containers)

and now this is the cake we will have for the birthday with some vanilla ice cream:) YUM!