Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Easy Chocolate Cake

If I have not posted before I love Chocolate Cake!

Easy Chocolate Cake
Mrs. Didrick Fagley

3 cup flour
2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
6 Tablespoon cocoa
2 teaspoon soda
2 cups cold water
2/3 cup corn oil
2 teaspoon vinegar
2 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. combine flour, sugar, salt, cocoa and soda and mix well. Form a well in dry ingredients and add liquid ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Pour into a 9x 13inch pan and bake 1 hour . Cake is moist ; need icing only if desired.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Maraschino Cherry Bars

Who doesn't like Maraschino cherries?

Maraschino Cherry Bars
Mrs. Alice Smith

1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup oatmeal
1/3 cup butter, melted

Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add brown sugar, oatmeal and butter .Mix well. press firmly into ungreased 9-inch square pan.

TOPPING

1 /4 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup nutmeats

combine all ingredients thoroughly. Spread over base mixture and bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and cut into bars.

Apple Glory Salad

Here is the salad recipe for the day.

Apple Glory Salad
Helen L. Beach

1 package ( 3 oz) lime gelatin
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water
1 cup cold water
dash pepper
4 teaspoons vinegar
1 cup cabbage, shredded
1 cup tart apple, diced and pared
6 stuffed olives, thinly sliced


Dissolve gelatin and salt in boiling water. Add cold water, pepper and vinegar. Chill until slightly thickened. Fold in cabbage and apples. Arrange olive slices on bottom of a 1 1/2 quart mold, then fill mold with gelatin mixture. Unmold on crisp lettuce. Serve with mayonnaise and garnish with more olives., if desired. Serves 6.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Applesauce Surprise Cake

Surprise.....cake......

Applesauce Surprise Cake
Mrs. Howard H. Miller

1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups applesauce
2 teaspoon soda
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
2 cups flour
1 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon cloves
pinch of salt

Add soda to applesauce. Mix sugar, butter and applesauce until well blended. Add  remaining ingredients and mix well. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. May be iced or served with whipped cream.

Hamburger Supreme

Start of another week of December here!

Hamburger Supreme
Deborah Droullard

2 pound ground beef
1/2 large onion, minced
1 can ( 8 oz) tomato sauce
mushrooms
3 Tablespoon flour
2 cups milk
salt and pepper to taste

Form Ground beef into thick patties. In skillet brown one side over medium heat.Turn and cover with minced onion. Let brown. Pour tomato sauce over patties. Blend flour, milk and salt and pepper and pour into skillet. Simmer for 10 minutes to blend flavors.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Prune Cake

As I have said before I really don't like Prunes....but her is a recipe anyway for them.

Prune Cake
Mrs. Alice Smith

1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoon butter
2 eggs
1 cup dairy sour cream
1/2 cup nutmeats, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup prunes, cooked and chopped

Cream butter and sugar; add well beaten eggs. Then add soda and cream. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture alternately with dairy sour cream. Add chopped prunes and nutmeats. Bake in layer cake pans at 350 degrees.

PRUNE FILLING

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup prunes, chopped
2 Tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine all ingredients except vanilla and cook in double boiler until thickened. Add vanilla. Cool and spread between cake layers. Ice cake with 7-minute icing

Double Chocolate Bread

Who doesn't like chocolate , not I


Double Chocolate Bread
Mrs. Elsie Stitt

2 cups flour, sifted
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 cup milk
3 Tablespoon shortening , melted
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsels

Sift together flour, baking powder, cocoa, salt and sugar. Set aside. Combine egg, milk and shortening and add to dry ingredients. Mix only until dry ingredients are moistened. Add chocolate morsels and mix lightly. Pour into greased 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.