Friday, December 26, 2008

Two Yummy Recipes

Applesauce Junk Cake

So called because it is Applesauce cake with the freedom to throw in any "junk" you have lying around that you think may be good in cake. After eating this, my son Artemas said, "More hamburger, less cigarette ash" (a joke, my dh used to have an aunt who would bake with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth and the ashes would be in EVERYTHING. LoL)

Cake
1 Cup butter (no sub)
2 Cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 Cups Applesauce (1, 15oz. can is fine)
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about 3 cups total "junk"
(see note to the right)

3 1/2 Cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground ginger

Junk
Anything you think would be good
in cake! I used coconut, crushed
almonds,and shredded carrot.
You could also use:
  • walnuts or pecans
  • raisins
  • craisins
  • butterscotch or white choc. chips
  • cinnamon red hots (I would then leave out some of the spices)

    Frosting
    3 oz. cream cheese
    1 tsp vanilla, dash salt
    powdered sugar (1 lb. or more)
    milk if needed for consistency

  • My Junk - carrots, coconut, crushed almonds
    Instructions:

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 or 3 round cake pans, 2 9" square pans, or one 13x9x2" pan.

    Mix wet ingredients of cake, including sugar. Mix in 2 cups of flour. Add another cup of flour and the leavening (baking soda and salt). Mix in. Toss your 3 cups of junk with the last 1/2 cup of flour. This keeps the bits of stuff from sinking to the bottom while your cake bakes. Nice batter Mix floured junk into the batter. Pour into prepared pan(s). Bake for 30 to 40 minutes (30 minutes for 3 layers, 35 for 2 layers, probably 40 minutes for one sheet pan). Cake tests done when a knife inserted in the center comes out moist and possibly with crumbs but not gooey.

    Mix frosting until it is thick enough to be spreadable and not runny. Frost cake when cooled. I just do the layers and leave the sides plain. Delicious!

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    Fattening Potato Soup
    This is the BEST potato soup I have ever eaten! Don't let the name scare you off (but probably don't make a steady diet of this stuff either)...

    This makes about 3 quarts of soup. Recipe is easily cut in half (or freeze some for another night's dinner). This will warm you inside and out!

  • 10 to 12 good size potatoes, washed, partially peeled, and cut into about 1/2" cubes
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • a bay leaf
  • one large or 3 small carrots, shredded
  • one onion, chopped
  • 1-2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1/2 pound bacon, cut small, fried, and drained of grease
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 8 oz. sour cream
  • about 8 oz. shredded cheese (your choice)

    Put chopped potatoes, crushed garlic, bay leaf, and shredded carrot into a soup or stock pot, cover with water and boil until potatoes are tender.

    Fry bacon pieces and set aside. Use a little bit of the bacon fat to saute the onions and celery until they are translucent and tender. Add bacon, onions, and celery to the soup pot.

    I take some of the potatoes out and mash them and put them back in. If soup is still thin, make a roux with 2 T bacon fat and some flour and stir into the soup to thicken. Salt and pepper soup to taste.

    Just before serving, stir in the sour cream. Serve topped with shredded cheese. Good with a slab of toasted Sourdough bread too.
  • 3 comments:

    Desiree said...

    Junk cake is right. Had nuts, pork rinds, celery, bacon, raisins and sprinkles in the one you made for Tony's birthday. HAHAHAHA It was delicious tho

    Mommab@sbcglobal.net said...

    ok ok its final im comming to vist for at least a wk!!! I can cook clean babysit what ever you want as long as you feed me! LOL PS Barbie will come along she is 8. Marion

    my7kids said...

    Des, you are exaggerating. It wasn't celery, it was beer. ROFLOL.

    Marion, Barbie will LOVE my Veronica, she is 10. Come on! :D