Homemade Chocolate Cake with Cooked White Icing

You can also make cupcakes and color your icing and swirl it on the cupcakes. INGREDIENTS: 1 cup HERSHEY’S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa 2 cups sugar 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt Vanilla cooked icing (recipe follows) 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup milk 1 cup water boiling 2 eggs 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1-1/2…

EASY STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

I am not one to make a box cake, as I believe cake from scratch is the best, but this is a quick and easy tasty dessert. INGREDIENTS: 1 box Pillsbury white cake mix 1 can Lucky Leaf Strawberries 16 oz. container Cool Whip DIRECTIONS: Butter and flour a 9 X 13 cake pan. Make…

REAL CARAMEL CAKE

If you love caramel, like my husband, Bruno and I do, then you will love this cake.  It takes awhile to make but is so worth it.  The cake is homemade from scratch and the caramel is made on top of the stove.  It’s real caramel, not that brown sugar stuff.  This caramel would be…

LEMON BLUEBERRY CAKE OR CUPCAKES

INGREDIENTS: Cake: 1 cup (2 sticks butter, softened to room temperature 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar 1 Tbsp fresh lemon zest 4 large eggs @ room temperature 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup buttermilk (store bought or 1 cup…

CINNAMON ROLLS

  Mmm, hot, fresh cinnamon buns iced and served right out of the oven. Now, who doesn’t love that! INGREDIENTS: Dough: 1 package yeast (You can use rapid rise yeast.  Works great and rises faster) 1/2 cup warm water 1/2 cup scalded milk (To scald milk, place in a small sauce pot on medium high…

KILLER BANANA CAKE

A very moist and delicious banana cake. It’s a big hit whenever I make it. INGREDIENTS: Cake: 1 1⁄2 cups bananas, mashed, ripe (3-4 bananas) 2 tsp. lemon juice 3 cups flour 1 1⁄2 tsp. baking soda 1⁄4 Tsp. salt 3⁄4 cup butter, softened 2 1⁄8 cups sugar 3 large eggs 2 Tsp. vanilla 1…