Chocolate Cake

My sister made this simple and yummy cake the other day and it was enjoyed by all.

1 yellow cake mix
1 instant chocolate pudding (large or small)
2 C warm water
2 eggs
Mix and bake in 9x13 pan at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Let cake cool before frosting.

Frosting:
1 cool whip
1 C powdered sugar
1/4 C melted butter
Beat cool whip and powdered sugar till creamy before adding melted butter. Frost cake and refrigerate. Best if sits in fridge overnight.

Carrot Cake

4 eggs
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.

In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake.

Cherry Dump Cake

1 can cherry pie filling,
1 large can crushed pineapple,
one box yellow cake mix,
1 cube butter.

Grease a 9X13 pan, put cherry pie filling first, put pineapple next undrained, put dry cake mix over top of that and dot with butter on top. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. You can put nuts on top also before baking if you wish. It is so easy and great warm with vanilla ice cream.

Pineapple Coconut Angel Food Cake

This is another recipe of Catherine Tackett's and is incredibly good!!!!

Using a box of Angel Food Cake- make as directed, except in place of the water add a can of crushed pineapple, juice and all! (DO NOT ADD THE WATER). Pour into a greased 9x13 pan, top with coconut and bake! Serve with ice cream! Try not to eat the entire pan yourself!

Pumpkin Cheesecake

CRUST:
1 3/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 stick melted butter

FILLING:
3 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese at room temp.
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree
3 eggs, plus one (1) yoke
1/4 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves2
table spoon all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (can substitute bourbon here)

Preheat oven to 350 For Crust.......in a medium bowl, combine crumbs, brown sugar and cinnamon. Add melted butter, press down flat into a 9 inch spring formpan. Set aside. For Filling......Beat cream cheese until smooth. Add pumpkin, eggs, egg yoke, sour cream, sugar and spices. Add flour and vanilla. Beat together until well combined. Pour into crust. Spread evenly and place in oven for 1 hour. Remove and let cool. Cover and refrigerate.

White Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 cup water
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

In large saucepan, bring butter and water to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, salt and baking soda until smooth. Pour into a greased 15x10x1-inch jelly roll baking pan. Bake at 375° for 20-22 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare frosting. Sift confectioners' sugar into a separate bowl. Combine butter and milk in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; add sugar and extract and mix well. Stir in chopped pecans. Pour and spread over warm cake.

Cook time: 22 minutes

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

This cake is RICH and super yummy. I use the PB frosting to go between the cake layers, and thee dark chocolate frosting to go on the outside. Goes great with homemade vanilla ice cream to balance it out!

Dark Chocolate Cake:

1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Place sugar, cocoa, and salt in large bowl. Pour in oil (do not mix). Place baking soda in medium bowl; stir in 1 1/2 cups hot water (mixture will bubble up). Add baking soda mixture to cocoa mixture and, using electric mixer, beat until cool, about 1 minute. Beat in flour, then eggs and vanilla. Transfer batter to prepared pan.

Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and store at room temperature.)

Peanut Butter Frosting:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
2 cups confectioners' sugar

Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy.

Dark Chocolate Frosting:

2 2/3 cups Powdered Sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
6 tablespoons Butter
1 tablespoon milk -- more if needed
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine powdered sugar and cocoa in bowl. Cream butter with 1/2 cup of the cocoa mixture in another bowl. Alternately add remaining cocoa mixture and milk; beat to spreading consistency. Stir in vanilla.

~Bethany S.

Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

This is the best coffee cake I've ever had. My mom got it from a lady who made it a long time ago at a Relief Society function. I made it for book club once and everyone raved. I think it's the sour cream in the batter. And the chocolate chips...

Cake:
1/2 cup butter or marg
1 c granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 cups flour
1 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 c sour cream

Topping:
1/3 c brown sugar
1/4 c granulated sugar
2 t cinnamon
1 c chopped nuts
6 ounces chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugar in large bowl. Add eggs, beating after each addition. Combine dry ingredients in medium bowl then add to large bowl alternately with the sour cream. Add vanilla. Combine topping ingredients in separate bowl. Spread half of the dough in a greased and floured 9X13 pan. Cover with half the topping mixture. Carefully spread remaining dough on top. Sprinkle remaining topping over top of the dough. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.

Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake

(just in time for Easter)
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 tsp soda
2 t. baking powder
2 t. cinnamon
1 1/2 c canola/vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 can crushed pineapple (8.5 oz)
1 t. vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts if desired
2-3 large carrots (2 cups grated carrots)
Grate carrots first, then cream sugar and oil, add eggs. Then add all the dry ingredients and vanilla. Stir in the carrots & crushed pineapple last.
(I can't remember if it should be drained or not! So, the first time, drain it and use 1/2. That way, you are 1/2 right or 1/2 wrong---couldn't hurt.)

BAKE at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour...

Cream Cheese Frosting
1/4 c. soft butter
8 oz. soft cream cheese
2 c. powdered sugar
1 t vanilla
drops of milk or pineapple juice for creamier
Let butter and cream cheese warm to room temperature. Whip together and then add sugar, vanilla, and nuts.
Spread evenly on cooled cake.

f.y.i.-Usually I don't put nuts in the cake and add nuts only on part of the frosting to cater to those who don't like nuts---usually men. For a shower, I add nuts to cake and frosting!

Almond Cream Cheese Pound Cake

1 pkg yellow cake mix
8 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
4 large eggs
1/2 C water
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C canola oil
1 tsp Mexican vanilla
1 tsp pure almond extract

Mix altogether. Pour into greased 10-inch tube pan (if possible). Bake at 350 degrees until cake is golden brown and springs back when lightly pressed with your finger, 35-40 minutes.
Cool 20 minutes.Invert onto cake platter.