Category: Desserts

Carrot Cake

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts-
  • 1 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 lb. pkg powdered sugar
  • 1 cube butter, softened
  • 2 tsp. vanilla

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Mix and stir dry ingredients.
  2. Add oil and stir; add eggs and mix; add carrots and nuts.
  3. Grease and flour 9 X 12 pan.
  4. Bake 35 minutes and 350 degrees. Let cool, frost.

To make frosting, beat softened butter and cream cheese, then add vanilla, then slowly add the powdered sugar and frost cake.

Stretch Cake

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INGREDIENTS:

– 2 cups flour
– 2 cups granulated sugar
– 2 cubes butter, divided
– 1/2 cup oil
– 1 cup water
– 7 tablespoons cocoa, divided
– 1/2 cup buttermilk
– 1 teaspoon soda
– 1 tablespoon vanilla
– 1/3 cup canned evaporated milk
– 1 1 lb pkg powdered sugar
– 1 cup walnuts

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Sift together and set aside flour and granulated sugar.
  2. In 2-3 quart saucepan combine and bring to a boil: 1 cube butter, oil, water and 3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa. When it comes to a boil, pour sugar/flour mix over this and beat well.
  3. Add buttermilk, then eggs, soda and vanilla. Mix well and pour into a greased cookie sheet.
  4. Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Topping: While cake is baking, bring to a boil: 1 cube butter, 3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa and canned milk. Sir in all at once the package of powered sugar and nuts.

Frost upon removal from oven.

If frosting is too thick, add one or two teaspoons of canned evaporated milk. You don’t want it runny!

Cool before serving.

Aunt Jan’s Peach Cobbler

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INGREDIENTS:

– 1 stick of butter
– 1 cup flour
– 3/4 cup sugar                                                                                                                                  – 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
– 3/4 cup milk
– 2 28 oz cans sliced peaches, well drained
– 1/2 cup cinnamon sugar, (about 1 tablespoon cinnamon to 1/2 cup sugar, mix well

DIRECTIONS:

  1. While you are preheating oven, melt butter in a 9/13 baking pan.
  2. To make batter, mix remainder of ingredients except peaches. Pour batter into melted butter in pan – DO NOT MIX
  3. Add sliced peaches over batter – DO NOT MIX
  4. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over peaches
  5. Bake 30 minutes until golden brown on top.

NOTES:

Absolutely wonderful served hot with vanilla ice cream.

SERVINGS: 10