Category: desserts
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Oatmeal Cake
“Oatmeal Cake” is a treat from my childhood. It is one of those old recipes of my mothers that came from who knows where. It really isn’t the most beautiful cake to look at but the taste makes up for it. It is moist with a light crust that tops an almost caramel layer. It…
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Oatmeal Carrot Sandwich Cookies
I am a cookie monster, no question. I don’t make a lot of sandwich cookies for the simple reason that I know I shouldn’t eat as many. Two at a time? Oatmeal Carrot Sandwich Cookies are fun, tasty and full of healthy ingredients.
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Vanilla Cupcakes
I was in one of those use up the ingredients in the refrigerator moods and found sour cream. I thought cupcakes sounded good so I went to my “White Cupcakes” recipe and found out I had remembered wrong, it called for buttermilk. I had my mind set on cupcakes so this recipe for Vanilla Cupcakes…
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Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting
“Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting” is sort of a family tradition. It was usually the cake of choice when our son Robert was asked what kind he wanted. Mom’s was always a cake mix, but I am a failure with cake mixes. This recipe however always works for me. Growing up it wasn’t Sunday dinner…
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Hot Milk Sponge Cake
My husband loves cake. If it has fruit on it all the better. For years I would make angel food cake and serve it topped with berries and ice cream or whipped cream. Then we found this great Hot Milk Sponge Cake recipe in a 1973 printing of Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book.…