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Mississippi Mud Cake & Frosting
Pina Colada Cake
Sour Cream Coffee
Cake
Texas Chocolate Cake & Frosting
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Ingredients:
2/3 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup buttermilk (to make buttermilk: 2 Tbs. vinegar & the remainder milk)
2 cups flour
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients together
- Put in a 9 X 13 cake pan
- Sprinkle with topping
Topping: 1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
- Refrigerate 8 hours or overnight
- Bake at 350° for 45 minutes
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Ingredients:
1/3 cup orange juice
½ tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
Directions:
- Beat all ingredients together for 10 minutes – will remain very thick.
- Peel and slice 6 medium apples – 3 slices to a quarter.
- Mix 1 tsp. cinnamon and 1 cup sugar.
- Grease a bunt pan and sprinkle some cinnamon-sugar in the bottom.
- Layer: Batter (light on the first layer)
Apples
Cinnamon sugar
- Repeat layering for a total of 3 layers.
- Bake at 350° for 1 ½ hours.
- Cool before removing from pan.
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Fruit:
4 cups chopped apples
1 Tbs. flour
2/3 cup sugar
Directions:
- Combine in saucepan and heat to a boil.
- Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Pour mixture into an 8 X 8 pan.
- Make dough.
Dough:
1 ¾ cups sifted flour
½ tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder
6 Tbs. butter
¾ cup milk
Directions:
- Mix dry ingredients.
- Add and cut in butter.
- Add milk and mix well.
- Place dough evenly, by teaspoonfuls, over apple mixture.
- Dot with 4 Tbs. butter and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake at 425° for about 30 minutes.
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Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
½ cup shortening
1 egg
2 cups grated apple
1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
½ cup brown sugar
Directions:
- Cream together sugar and shortening
- Add egg and beat well
- Add apples, flour, baking soda, salt and 1 tsp. cinnamon
- Mix well
- Place in a 9 X 13 greased pan
- Cover with mixture of brown sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon
- Bake at 350° for 30 – 40 minutes
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Ingredients:
1 ¼ cups flour
½ cup sugar
¼ cup butter, softened
¼ cup shortening
1/3 cup milk
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. salt
1 egg
1 ½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries, drained
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients except blueberries
- Spread in 8" square pan
- Sprinkle with blueberries
- Sprinkle crumb topping (below) on top
- Bake at 350° for 45 – 50 minutes
Crumb Topping Ingredients:
½ cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
¼ cup butter, softened
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
Directions:
- Mix all ingredients until crumbly
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Ingredients:
1 cup melted butter
2 2/3 cups brown sugar
2 cups self-rising flour
½ cup sugar
½ cup chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)
4 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
- Mix together all ingredients
- Spread in either two 8 inch, or one 9 X 13 inch ungreased pan
- Bake at 350° for 25 – 30 minutes
- Do not over bake (allow some spring in the center)
- Cool completely before cutting
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Ingredients:
4 egg yolks (save whites)
1/3 cup sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
½ cups sugar
2/3 cup sifted flour
¼ cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
Directions:
- In a small bowl, beat egg yolks till thick and lemon colored.
- Gradually beat in 1/3 cup sugar and vanilla.
- In large bowl, beat egg whites till soft peaks form.
- Gradually add ½ cup sugar and beat till stiff peaks form.
- Fold yolks into whites.
- Sift together dry ingredients and fold into egg mixture.
- Spread batter in prepared jelly roll pan.
- Bake at 350° for 10 – 12 minutes.
- Immediately loosen edges and turn out onto a towel sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- Roll cake and towel together lengthwise and cool.
- Carefully unroll and spread with whipped cream or creamed cheese and roll up again.
- Refrigerate.
- May also spread with softened ice cream and freeze.
- Slice when ready to serve
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Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
½ tsp. salt
2 cups flour
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ cup nuts, if desired
4 cups thinly sliced apples
Directions:
- Beat eggs and oil until foamy
- Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly
- Pour into a 9 X 13 prepared cake pan
- Bake at 350° for 50 – 60 minutes
Icing:
3 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 Tbs. butter
½ tsp. vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
- Combine all ingredients and beat until smooth
- Frost cake when cool
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Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
2 ¼ cups sugar
1 pkg. German chocolate
½ cup hot water
¾ cup buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
4 egg yolks
2 ½ cups flour
½ tsp. salt
7 egg whites
Directions:
- Cream shortening and sugar
- Melt chocolate and add to creamed mixture
- Mix in soda and buttermilk
- Beat egg whites till stiff
- Fold into batter
- Place in a greased 9 X 13 cake pan
- Bake at 375° for 30 – 40 minutes
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Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1 ½ cups flour
½ cup cocoa
3 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
miniature marshmallows
Directions:
- Cream sugar and oil
- Add eggs and beat
- Sift flour, cocoa and salt
- Add to sugar mixture and mix
- Stir in nuts and vanilla
- Pour into a 9 X 13 greased cake pan
- Bake at 300° for about 45 minutes
- Remove from oven, cover with marshmallows
- Return to oven and bake an additional 5 minutes
- Remove from oven and frost immediately
MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE FROSTING
Ingredients:
2 sticks butter
½ cup cocoa
1 pound powdered sugar
½ cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions:
- Mix sugar and cocoa together
- Melt butter and add to above
- Add milk, vanilla and nuts and mix together
- Spread on cake and let cool for at least 2 hours before cutting
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Directions:
- Mix 2 – 3.4 ounce boxes of French Vanilla pudding with 3 cups milk.
- Fold in 8 ounces of Cool Whip.
- Line greased 9 X 13 pan with graham crackers.
- Pour in half of the pudding.
- Add another layer of graham crackers
- Pour on the rest of the pudding
- Add a top layer of graham crackers.
- Push crackers into pudding to fill gaps.
- Frost and chill several hours.
Frosting:
3 Tbs. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbs. hot water
3 Tbs. cocoa
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
4 ounces Cool Whip, if desired
- Mix till creamy and smooth.
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Ingredients:
1 yellow cake mix
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 – 8 oz. can crème of coconut
1 can condensed milk
whipped cream
Directions:
- Bake cake according to box directions
- poke holes with skewer about 1 inch apart
- Mix together pineapple, crème of coconut and milk
- Pour on cake
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours
- Top with whipped cream and serve
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Ingredients:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
½ tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
2 cups brown sugar
4 tsp. cinnamon
Directions:
- Cream together butter and sugar
- Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla and mix well
- Add flour, baking powder and salt and mix well
- In separate bowl, mix brown sugar and cinnamon
- Place half the batter in a prepared 9 X 13 cake pan
- Sprinkle half the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture on top
- Add remaining batter
- Sprinkle the remaining sugar mixture on top
- Bake at 350° for 50 minutes
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Ingredients:
1 pkg. white cake mix without pudding
1 3oz. strawberry Jello
1 cup oil
½ cup water
3 eggs
½ of a 10 oz. pkg. thawed frozen strawberries (other half is for frosting)
Directions:
- Mix together cake mix and Jello
- Add oil, water, eggs and half pkg. of strawberries
- Bake at 350° for 30 – 35 minutes, or till done
FROSTING
Ingredients:
1 stick melted butter
1 pound powdered sugar
½ pkg. strawberries
Directions:
- Mix together and frost cake
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Ingredients:
1 cup butter
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
½ tsp. salt
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
(or make buttermilk by combining 2 Tbs. vinegar & remainder milk)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
Directions:
- Bring to a boil in saucepan, butter, cocoa and water
- Add above mixture to flour, sugar and salt
- Mix well and add eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and baking soda
- Mix well and pour into prepared cake pan.
- Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
- Frost while hot.
TEXAS CHOCOLATE CAKE FROSTING
Begin making 5 minutes before cake is done.
Ingredients:
¼ cup butter
¼ cup cocoa powder
2 ½ Tbs. milk
½ pound powdered sugar
½ tsp. vanilla
- Bring butter, cocoa and milk to a boil
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla
- Beat well and frost while cake is hot.
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Ingredients:
1 pkg. German chocolate cake mix
¾ cup butter
1 cup condensed milk
1 – 14 oz. pkg. caramels
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions:
- Combine cake mix, butter, and 2/3 cups of the condensed milk and mix well
- Press half the mixture into a greased 9 X 13 cake pan
- Bake at 350° for 12 minutes
- Melt caramels in the remaining 1/3 cup of milk
- Pour over baked cake
- Sprinkle pecans and chocolate chips over caramel mixture
- Add the rest of cake mixture over top
- Bake for an additional 20 minutes
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Ingredients:
½ cup shortening
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups milk
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
Directions:
- Cream together shortening and sugar
- Add eggs and milk and mix
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add to above
- Mix well
- Pour into a 9 X 13 prepared cake pan
- Bake at 375° for 20 – 25 minutes
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