Sour Cream Peach Muffins 1 1/2 cup brown sugar 2/3 cup oil 1 egg 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups peaches, fresh or canned, drained and chopped 1/2 cup chopped nuts Combine brown sugar and… Continue reading
Apple Streusel Muffins 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups chopped apples 1 1/2 cups… Continue reading
Lemon Pound Cake 1 cup (2 sticks) butter 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 5 eggs, beaten juice of one lemon (about 1/4 cup or 3 tablespoons) zest of one lemon 1 tablespoon vanilla Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Butter or oil two… Continue reading
I found the original recipe for these Chocolate Muffins (are muffins just cupcakes without frosting?) on the internet, looking for a recipe with oil instead of butter, and then tweaked it. These are fabulous! So rich and tasty! Highly recommended. And here’s the recipe: Chocolate Muffins with Chocolate Chips 1… Continue reading
Chocolate Eclair Cake 1 Large Box of Jello Vanilla Instant Pudding Milk Graham Crackers Cool Whip Chocolate Icing Mix pudding and cool whip. Microwave frosting for about 40 seconds. Layers in 9×13 inch pan: graham crackers (on bottom of pan) pudding and cool whip mixture graham crackers pudding and cool… Continue reading
Chocolate Pound Cake with Ganache Icing 1 1/2 cup butter 3 cups granulated sugar 5 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 8 tablespoons cocoa 1 cup milk 6oz. mini chocolate chips (optional) Beat butter and sugar together, cream well. Add eggs,… Continue reading
Carrot Cake Mix: 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt Add and Mix: 1 cup vegetable oil 2 small jars strained baby carrots (baby food works) 3 eggs Stir with a spoon (don’t beat) until… Continue reading
In honor of John’s birthday, we had cake for breakfast! *grin* This is a homemade yellow layer cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. It’s not the neatest decorating job, but at least now I know what a cookie gun can do well, and can’t, in terms of frosting. (Next time I… Continue reading
I hadn’t planned on making cupcakes today, but you gotta follow your impulses! Maybe this is my way of celebrating the Spring Equinox! Yeah… I’m SURE that’s what it was… that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😀 So I used a recipe I got from the Magnolia Bakery… Continue reading
A while ago, I had an impulse to try making chocolate ganache. For a long time I’d thought ganache to be this tremendously tricky thing (probably because the word ‘ganache’ SOUNDS complicated, although apparently it comes from the French word ‘jowl’, which makes sense, but suddenly makes it seem NOT… Continue reading
