Mom's Prune Cake

"I have made this recipe since the early days of our marriage and it’s a favorite of Dad’s." - Tauna

1 C sugar                                   1/3 t. cloves

1 3/4 C flour                              7 1/2--8 oz. baby prunes

1 C oil                                            (3 jars)

2 t. baking powder                      2 eggs

1 t. soda                                     1/2 C nuts

1/2 t. salt  

                                                                    

Put dry ingredients in a bowl.  Make a well in center.  Pour in prunes, oil, and eggs, and mix well.  Add nuts and bake in 9x13 pan at 350 for 35-40 mins.

Carrot Cake

(1) Sift into mixing bowl:
2 C flour
2 C sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
(2) Add and mix well:
1 1/2 C salad oil
4 eggs, beaten in one at a time
(3) Add:
2 C grated carrots
1 C drained, crushed pineapple
1 C coarsly chopped nuts


Bake 350 for 45 mins. in 9x13”pan. 

Frost with following:   1 cube butter
         1 small pkg. cream cheese
    1 box powdered sugar
    a little milk

Aunt Katie's Pineapple Butter Cake

Mom (Cleo) always thought Aunt Katie, Uncle Boyd’s wife,  was the best cook in the family.

4 eggs

1 Duncan Hines Butter Cake

1 11-oz. can mandarin oranges & juice (cut oranges in half)

1/2 C oil

Beat together well.  Grease and flour 3 layer pans.  Bake 350 about 30 mins.

When cool, frost with:

1 tall can crushed pineapple

1 small Jello instant pudding (vanilla)

1 15-oz. container Cool Whip

Mix together and spread between layers and on top  Refrigerate.

Butterscotch Pumpkin Bundt Cake

This is a cake recipe I got out of a magazine or the Nestle website or something years ago and has become a fall staple for Halloween parties and fall get togethers and church parties.  The butterscotch sauce is super yummy and the pumpkin cake is really moist!  The most important thing here is the allow the eggs to warm to room temperature and butterscotch chips to cool to room temperature after melting. Otherwise you can get either a little "scrambled egg" in the mix or the butterscotch chips get too cool and don't incorporate well.  Wait the extra 10 or 15 minutes to mix the batter until they are room temp - it's worth it!

Ingredients:

1 2/3 c (11-oz pkg) Butterscotch Morsels

2 c. all-purpose flour

1 ¾ c. granulated sugar

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. ground nutmeg

1 c. Pumpkin (Libby’s canned)

½ c. vegetable oil

3 large eggs, at room temperature

1 tsp. vanilla extract

Powdered sugar (optional) 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°.  Microwave 1 c morsels in small, microwave-safe bowl on medium-high power for 1 minute; stir.  Microwave at 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature.  Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg in medium bowl. Stir together melted morsels, pumpkin, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla extract in large bowl with wire whisk. Stir in flour mixture. Spoon batter into bundt mold.  Bake 40- 50 min or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in mold on wire rack. Turn out of mold and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with Butterscotch Sauce. 

Butterscotch Sauce 

1/3 c Evaporated Milk

2/3 c butterscotch morsels 

Heat 1/3 c evaporated milk in saucepan over medium heat just to a boil; remove from heat. Add remaining morsels; stir until smooth. Return to heat. Stirring constantly, bring mixture just to a boil. Cool to room temperature. Stir before serving. 

Sprinkles Cupcakes Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened 
3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 
1 teaspoon milk 
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
1/8 teaspoon salt Directions: 

1 In a bowl combine butter, sugar and salt. Beat till blended. 

2 Add the milk and vanilla and beat for an additional 3 to 5 minutes or until smooth and creamy. 

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

This is Best Chocolate Cake EVER!  My friend Sonya gave this to me when we lived in Dallas and it soon became a favorite, especially for birthdays.  It's a good knock off of a Nothing Bundt Cake.  Just substitute cream cheese frosting for the glaze if you want to make an NBC knock off.  The glaze is yummy though too!  The batter makes a bundt and then 6-12 cupcakes.


1 box of Devils Food Cake 
1 box of chocolate instant pudding (3.9 oz)
2 cups of Sour Cream (16 oz tub)
1 cup butter melted
5 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups semi sweet mini chocolate chips


Mix cake mix and pudding mix in a large bowl.  Mix sour cream, butter, eggs, and vanilla in a medium size bowl.  Make a well in the middle of the cake/pudding mixture in the large bowl.   Pour sour cream mixture into the well.  Use mixer at medium speed.  After a couple minutes of mixing, add chocolate chips.  FYI..this batter is very thick! 

Butter and flour bundt cake pan.  There will be more than enough batter so DON'T over fill!  Leave 1 1/2 inches from the top of the pan.  Take the extra batter and make cupcakes, small round cake or whatever you desire :)  Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 min depending on your oven.  Let cool atleast 10 minutes before removing from bundt pan. 

Glaze: 
3/4 semi sweet chocolate chips
3 t butter
1 t light corn syrup
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
 
Melt chocolate chips in microwave (be careful, don't over cook).  Add butter, corn syrup, and vanilla. Work fast then drizzle on top of bundt cake. 


ENJOY! then head to the gym shortly after :)