Category: desserts

  • Chocolate Snack Cake

    Chocolate Snack Cake

    Our family has been enjoying this easy stir together cake for 25 years. It will probably take more time getting the ingredients out of the cupboard than it takes to stir it together. Another favorite “Chocolate Cake” that is always moist and hard to stop eating. Chocolate Snack Cake 3 1/4 cups flour2 cups packed…

  • Honey Sticky Buns

    Honey Sticky Buns

    Honey Sticky Buns were always something I thought looked hard to make.  After I made them, I realized how silly I had been.  They were no harder to make than cinnamon rolls that I make all the time.  I just can’t make Sticky Buns as often as I would like, first I would eat way…

  • Citrus Ice

    Citrus Ice

    This cool delicious summer treat is so refreshing on a hot day. But don’t eat too fast, or you will get brain freeze. Citrus Ice 3 cups sugar4 cups water5 or 6 ripe bananas, mashed1 46 oz pineapple juice1 12 oz can frozen lemonade (undiluted)1 12 oz can frozen orange juice concentrate (undiluted)2 quarts water1…

  • Princess Birthday Cake

    Princess Birthday Cake

    We had another birthday in our family this week. Can you tell what the theme was? When Emma told me she wanted a princess cake I went to Pinterest for ideas. There are tons of princess cakes to look at, but most require a higher skill level than I possess. One thing most of the…

  • Pecan Fudge Brownies

    Pecan Fudge Brownies

    1 cup butter1/2 cup cocoa2 cups sugar4 eggs2 tsp vanilla1 1/2 cups flour, sifted1 cup coarsely chopped pecans In a large sauce pan melt butter.  Remove from heat.  Add cocoa and sugar.  Blend in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. Stir in flour and nuts.  Spread in a greased and floured 13″ X 9″…