Cocoa Banana Cake (A match made in heaven)

Materials:

Cake:

• 2/3 c. milk
  
• 1 Tbsp. white vinegar
  
• 3/4 c. butter
  
• 1-2/3 c. sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1-1/4 c. pureed banana
  
• 1 tsp. vanilla
  
• 2 c. flour
  
• 3/4 c. cocoa
  
• 3/4 tsp. salt
  
• 1 tsp. baking soda
  
• 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
  

Frosting:

• 1/4 c. butter melted
  
• 1/2 c. cocoa
  
• 1/4 c. pureed banana
  
• 2 Tbs. milk
  
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  
• 3 c. icing sugar
  

Methods:

Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350F
   
2. Combine milk and vinegar and set aside
   
3. Cream together butter, sugar, eggs.
   
4. Add banana and vanilla.
   
5. In separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, salt, soda and powder.
   
6. Add dry ingredients to creamed milture alternately with sour milk.
   
7. Divide batter between two greased and floured 9" round baking pans.
   
8. Bake for 40-45min.
   
9. Cool 10 min. in pans before turning onto wire racks.
   
10. Cool completely before frosting.
    

Frosting:

1. Combine melted butter and cocoa.
   
2. Blend in pureed banana, milk, vanilla.
   
3. Slowly add icing sugar and mix until smooth.
   
4. Frost cooled cake.
   
5. Optional: place sliced bananas with icing in between cake layers
   

Supreme Baking Powder Biscuits

Materials:

• 2 c. flour
  
• 4 tsp. baking powder
  
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 2 tsp sugar
  
• 1/2 c. margarine or butter
  
• 2/3 c. milk
  

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 450F.
   
2. Sift together dry ingredients
   
3. Cut in margarine/butter
   
4. Add milk all at once.
   
5. Quickly stir.
   
6. Pat out to 3/4" thickness and use glass to cut out rounds.
   
7. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 10 min., but watch closely for the last few minutes.
   

Mom's Chocolate Cake

Materials:

• 2 c. flour
  
• 6 Tbsp. cocoa
  
• 2 tsp. soda
  
• 1/2 tsp. salt
  
• 3/4 c. margarine
  
• 2-1/2 c. brown sugar
  
• 3 eggs
  
• 1/2 c. sour milk (add in a tsp or so vinegar or lemon)
  
• 2 tsp. vanilla
  
• 12/ tsp cloves
  
• 1 c. boiling water
  

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 375oF.
   
2. Sift together flour, cocoa, salt & soda.
   
3. In mixer, cream margarine, add sugar gradually, then add unbeaten eggs one at a time. Beat well.
   
4. Add flour mixture alternately with sour milk.
   
5. Add flavoring, then add boiling water.
   
6. Pour into two greased 9" round pans.
   
7. Bake 30-35 min
   

Grandma Kate's Chocolate Cake

Materials:

• 1/2 c. butter-softened
  
• 1 c. white sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 tsp. vanilla
  
• 3/4 tsp. cloves
  
• 3 heaping Tbsp. cocoa
  
• 1 c. sour cream
  
• 1 tsp. soda
  
• 1 c. flour
  
• 1 tsp. baking powder
  

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 350F
   
2. Cream together butter, sugar and eggs
   
3. Add in vanilla, clives, cocoa, cream and soda
   
4. Mix in flour to which powder has been added.
   
5. Pour into greased 8x8" pan
   
6. Bake 30-35 min.
   

Ambrosia Salad (How to make fruit salad bad for you)

Materials:

• 1 c. sour cream
  
• 1 c. mandarin oranges
  
• 1 c. grapes, cut into halves
  
• 1 c. pineapple chunks
  
• 1 c. shredded sweetened coconut
  

Methods:

1. Mix & serve chilled!
   

Chocolate Zucchini Cake (Do vegetables make chocolate healtheir?)

Materials:

• 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate (1 oz.)
  
• 3 eggs
  
• 2 c. white sugar
  
• 1 c. vegetable oil
  
• 2 c. grate zucchini (fine grate)
  
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  
• 2 c. all-purpose flour
  
• 1 tsp. baking soda
  
• 1 tsp. salt
  
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  
• 3/4 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
  

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 350F
   
2. Microwave unsweetened chocolate until melted & stir until smooth
   
3. In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar, oil, zucchini, vanilla & chocolate. Beat well.
   
4. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt & cinnamon. 
   
5. Stir wet ingredients into dry just until moistened.
   
6. Fold in chocolate chips.
   
7. Pour into greased loaf pan.
   
8. Bake 60-70 min.
   

Carrot Cake (Dave's Favorite)

Materials:

Cake:

• 4 eggs
  
• 1-1/4 c. vegetable oil
  
• 1 small can crushed pineapple
  
• 1 c. white sugar
  
• 1 c. brown sugar
  
• 3 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 2 c. all-purpose flour
  
• 2 tsp. baking soda
  
• 2 tsp baking powder
  
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 3 tsp. ground cinnamon
  
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
  
• 3 c. grated carrots (~1-1/2 lbs)
  
• 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
  

Icing:

• 1/2 c. butter, softened
  
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  
• 3 cups confectioner's sugar
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  

Topping:

• 1 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
  

Methods:

1. Preheat oven to 350oF. 
   
2. Grease and flour a 9x13" pan, two 9" round pans or 18 muffin cups
   
3. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and vannila.
   
4. Mix in flour, baking soda, salt, connamon and nutmeg.
   
5. Stir in carrots.
   
6. Fold in nuts.
   
7. Pour into prepared pan(s). 
   
8. Bake for 40-50 min for 9x13" pan, 30-45 min for two 9" round pans or 25min for 18 muffin cups, until toothpick inserted into center of the cake comes out clean. 
   
9. Let cool in pan for 10min, then turn onto wire rack to cool completely.
   

For frosting:

1. In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese and vanilla and beat with mixer until smoother. 
   
2. Keep adding confectioner's sugar slowly until right sweetness to taste.
   
3. Beat until smooth and creamy.
   

Finish:

1. Frost the cooled cake and top with chopped nuts.