Category: desserts
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Fish Cake
Did you see this fun cake idea in the Parade (April 28) section of the paper? So cute, I had to make one too. My kids and I had a great time making this Fish Cake for Rachel’s first birthday. Parade has great instructions here. The article subtitle says, “Believe it or not, everything you…
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Grandma Godfrey’s Lemon Pie
My grandmother made great pie. Our family’s favorite was her Lemon Meringue. One summer we went to visit my older brother at the school he was attending near Denver, Colorado. He requested that we bring him one of grandma’s lemon pies. So we did, it was my job to protect this pie from Farmington, UT…
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Carrot Cookies with Orange Frosting
“Carrot cookies?” my sweet husband said in that, “okay my wife is nuts” tone. I promise they are good. The sweet flavors from sugar and carrots make a yummy combination. You don’t even realize your eating carrots. Carrot Cookies 1 cup cooked mashed carrots1 cup shortening1 cup sugar1/2 tsp. lemon or orange flavor2 1/2 cups…
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Grandma’s Banana Bread
Grandma almost always had banana bread in her freezer when I was growing up. I thought she just really liked banana bread. Now I know why – no one wants to eat a brown banana. No matter how many bananas I buy, I almost always have a couple that don’t get eaten.
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Marble Cake
As a young mother it was, and still is, tradition to make a special dessert for Sunday dinner one of our favorites was cake, in particular any kind of chocolate cake. One day I decided to try making a marble cake and it soon became my son Robert’s favorite and after over baking it one…