Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is the favorite choice of all cakes among many, and not just by chocoholics. Using cocoa powder in the cake recipe gives it the special home baked flavor. This recipe is easy to make. It has a good moist texture, and most of all it is yummy to taste. I have frosted this cake with prepared frosting, but you could also just dust the top with some powdered sugar or leave it alone, and serve as is. The choice is yours.

Cooking time: 45 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 15

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• ¾ cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water

Method

1. Preheat oven at 325 degrees.

2. Grease and dust with cocoa powder a 9×13 inch baking pan.

3. Combine all ingredients together in large bowl.

4. Stir until well blended.

Chocolate Cake Mixture

5. Beat for 2 minutes.

6. Pour into the pan, and bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Baked Chocolate Cake

7. Cool, and turn over onto serving plate.

Chocolate Cake is ready to serve

Lite Brownie Cake

Who doesn’t love the taste of brownies and cakes, at least on special occasions? But for those watching their waste line, they are a big no-no. That is till now. By using a zero calorie sweetener, such as Splenda you can have your cake and eat it too. This recipe contains other lite ingredients such as lite butter, and skim milk. Also I have included a optional peanut butter drizzle. Enjoy!



Cooking time: 15 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 20

Ingredients

Lite Brownie Cake Ingredients

Cake

• 1 ¼ cup Splenda
• ¾ cup butter
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• ¼ tsp. baking soda
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup skim milk

Optional drizzle

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ cup peanut butter
• Milk for added liquid

Method

Spray 9X13 inch baking pan with non stick spray.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Melt the butter in large pan, add sugar and cocoa, keep stirring until well blended.

While mixture is cooling, combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda in bowl, stir well.

Add eggs, vanilla, milk and salt into the chocolate mixture.

Combine both mixtures, stir well.

Lite Brownie Cake Mixture

Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Drizzle

Combine powdered sugar, peanut butter and just enough milk till it forms a syrup that can be drizzled over the cake.

Lite Brownie Cake

Buttermilk Hotcakes

These buttermilk hotcakes are from my very old family collection of recipes. They are a real part of the “comfort food” section. They can be served with whatever is your favorite topping. Once you have them you are going to want more.

Cooking time: 10 minutes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Serves : 3

Ingredients

Buttermilk Hotcakes Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1 ¼ cup buttermilk
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt

Method

1. Beat egg whites in a small bowl, set aside.

2. Beat egg yokes and sugar together.

3. Add melted butter, buttermilk, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, mix well into.

Buttermilk Hotcakes Mixture

4. Fold in egg whites.

5. Drop onto greased griddle by ½ cup fulls.

6. Fry until hotcake bubbles, then turn and cook the other side until it is golden brown.

7.  Buttermilk Hotcakes is ready to serve.

Buttermilk Hotcakes

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This recipe is easy to make. You don’t even have to frost it. It comes out of the oven looking like it came straight from the bakery, and your kitchen will smell like it did. Try it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whip cream. Either way you will have a real treat.

Cooking time: 45 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 10

Ingredients

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Ingredients

• ¼ cup butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 can sliced pineapple, drained maraschino cherries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup oil
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 cup flour
• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. salt

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray pan with non sticking spray.

2. Melt butter in baking pan.

3. Stir in sugar.

4. Place pineapple slices on top of the butter mixture.

5. Place a cherry inside each pineapple ring.

6. Beat the sugar, oil, milk and eggs together.

7. Add in the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Mixture

8. Pour batter over pineapple in the pan.

9. Bake for 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

10. Let cool a few minutes.

11. Turn upside down on serving platter.

12. Pineapple Upside Down Cake is ready to serve.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Rum Cake

This recipe is tried and proven, time and time again. It is moist, beautiful, and delicious. The rum actually makes it even better the next day as it acts as a preservative. You will find it freezes well too. That is if you have any left over to freeze.

Cooking time: 1 hour
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Serves: 12

Ingredients

Rum Cake Ingredients

Cake

• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 1 yellow cake mix
• 1- 1 3/4 oz. Instant pudding box (serves 4)
• 3 large eggs
• ½ cup cold water
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup rum

Glaze

• ¼ cup butter
• ¼ cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup rum

Method

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Sprinkle nuts in bottom of pan. Cover with melted butter.

3. Mix together in a large bowl, the cake mix, pudding, eggs, water, oil, and rum.

Rum Cake Batter

4. Pour batter over the nuts.

5. Bake for 1 hour. Cool and turn onto serving plate.

Glaze

1. Prick top gently with a fork.

2. Melt butter, water, sugar, stirring constantly.

3. Remove from heat. Add rum.

4. Drizzle over cake.

Rum Cake is ready to serve.

Rum Cake

Peach Cake

For this recipe I used sliced, canned, and drained peaches, but if you would like, you could use fresh peaches. Either would be fine. This cake looks professional when it really is easy to make at home. It is extra good served warm with some whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Cooking time: 30 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 can sliced, drained peaches
• 1 egg
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ginger
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. salt

Method

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Cover bottom of round pan with parchment paper, sprayed with non-sticking spray.

3. Mix butter and sugar until well blended.

4. Place peaches on the bottom of the pan.

5. Beat together the butter and sugar with a mixer until fluffy.

6. Stir in egg, sour cream, flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda and salt.

7. Beat until well blended.

Peach Cake Batter

8. Spread batter over peaches.

9. Bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

Peach Cake Baked

10. Cool 5 minutes, turn over onto a plate.

11. Remove the parchment paper .

12. Decorate it with sliced, canned, and drained peaches.

Peach Cake

Apple Coffee Cake

This is truly a decadent coffee cake. The flavor combination of apples, sour cream, brown sugar, and cinnamon give this recipe a superb treat to the taste buds. This recipe makes two small 8 inch coffee cakes, but you can make one large cake if you like. With either, cook until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.



Cooking time: 30 minutes
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Serves: 12

Ingredients

Apple Coffee Cake Ingredients

CAKE

• ½ cup butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 ½ chopped, peeled apples

TOPPING

• ¾ brown sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 tbsp. butter
• ½ cup chopped pecans

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, butter and flour pans.

2. Mix the butter and sugar together, until fluffy.

3. Add in the eggs, vanilla.

4. Stir in one at a time the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sour cream, stirring after each.

5. Stir in the apples.

Apple Coffee Cake Batter

6. Pour batter into two baking pans.

7. For topping, cut butter into sugar, cinnamon, and pecans.

8. Sprinkle over the cakes.

9. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

10. Apple Coffee Cake is ready to serve.

Apple Coffee Cake

No Bake Cheesecake

The cheesecake dates back to ancient Greece, where it was a popular dish. Later it was actually served to the athletes at the first Olympic games in 776 BC. Eventually it became known as a famous restaurant dish. These days it’s not only served in restaurants worldwide but also can be found in any variety of recipes to cook in your own home. This recipe is for a easy no bake cheesecake. It can be served plain, with a fruit topping or with a drizzle of chocolate. Either way it is just plain great.

Cooking time: 0
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 8 oz. cream cheese
• ½ cup sugar
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ cup whip cream
• 2 cups graham crackers crushed
• 1 stick butter (½ cup) – melted

Method

Filling

Stir together in a large bowl the cream cheese, sugar, salt, milk, lemon juice and vanilla.

Beat until smooth and well mixed.

Fold in the whip cream until it is mixed well.

Spoon into the graham cracker crust.

No Bake Cheesecake with Graham Cracker

Crust

Crush graham crackers in blender.

Place in pie or cake pan with butter. Press into pan.

No Bake Cheesecake with Cream

Chill in refrigerator for 3 hours and serve.

No Bake Cheesecake

Baby Cakes

This recipe for baby cakes are baked in a cup cake pan. They are actually very simple to make with boxed cake mix and prepared frosting. They are always delicious to taste. Also they are a sure attention getters, by young and old alike. They are great for parties of all kinds. Decorate according to the occasion. You can use candy, flowers, small toys ( great for children’s parties ).  Be creative, and have fun.



Cooking time: 20 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Serves: 24

Ingredients

Baby Cakes Ingredients

• 1 box cake mix
• 1 tub frosting
• Decorations of your choice

Method

Follow the directions according to the box.

Cool and remove from pan.

Frost the cupcakes.

Frosting Baby Cakes

Decorate according to the occasion.

Baby Cakes are ready.

Baby Cakes

Lite Chocolate Cake

Now you can have your cake and eat it too! This is true because this cake is baked with Splenda, the zero calorie sweetener. Splenda pours and measures the same as sugar. Best of all it taste delicious. For the frosting put the Splenda in your blender until you get the look of powdered sugar. This recipe is easy to bake and most of all guilt free.



Cooking time: 30 minutes
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Serves: 8

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 ½ cup flour
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 1 cup Splenda
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 egg
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup boiling water
• ½ tsp. vanilla

Frosting

• 2 cups Splenda
• ½ cup cocoa
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla

Method

1. Stir together flour, cocoa, Splenda, salt, and baking soda.

2. Add eggs, oil, and milk, stir well.

3. Next add boiling water and vanilla, mix well.

Lite Chocolate Cake Batter

4. Pour batter into baking pan lined with parchment paper.

5. Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Baked Lite Chocolate Cake

Frosting

1. Mix all ingredients together in a saucepan.

2. Bring to boil, and boil for 1 minute.

3. Let cool and beat with mixer for 2 minutes.

4. Frost the cake.

5. Lite Chocolate Cake is ready.

Lite Chocolate Cake