What A Cake!

My best friend, Faye sent me the recipe for Heavenly Cake!  Oh my, as my brother-in-law would say it has a morely taste.  The more you eat, the more you want!  All I can say is give it a try and I am sure that you will agree with me!

HEAVENLY CAKE OR UPSIDE DOWN GERMAN CHOCOLOATE CAKE

 Spray 9 x 13 pan with Pam

 

Layer 1 – 1 cup pecans

                 1 cup coconut

Spread evenly in bottom of pan

 

Layer 2 – German Chocolate cake mix – mix as directed on box

                 Pour over pecan/coconut layer

 

Layer 3 – 1 – 8 oz cream cheese softened

                  ¼ cup butter

                  1 box powdered sugar

 

Mix and spread on top of cake. 

Bake in 9x13 pan at 350 degrees for 30 Min.

 

(Cream cheese cooks down and makes a kind of filling – Wonderful!!)

Fried Cornbread

Sometimes when I want cornbread but my husband doesn't I mix up a little cornbread batter and fry it like a pancake.  In the old days they called the fritters.  My mom sometimes did biscuit dough the same way.  Quick and easy to fix.

1 cup cornmeal
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

Beat egg, then stir egg, milk and sugar in the cornmeal.  Make it the consistency of pancake mix.  I spray my pan with olive oil and cook over med-high heat until done.  They are great! 

Grilling

Grilling is right around the corner.  I grill year round, but some folks cover the grill through the winter. Here's a great way to start the grilling seasons.  Since we are big venison eaters, I love to replace standard meats with venison.  

Venison Kabobs

Cubed venison tenderloin
Mushrooms
Bell Pepper
Onion
Squash
Green tomatoes
Your favorite sauce(Mine is Jack Daniels)
Bamboo skewers

Thread meat and veggies on skewers and cook until done turning once.  Just before done brush with sauce and finish cooking.   Enjoy!!!

New Twist on BBQ Chicken

Tonight I did my chicken a little different and we loved it!  I used a boil in bag, like you cook turkey in. 

Chicken Thighs  (I used 6)
1 can mushroom soup
1/2 can water
1 package of vegetable soup mix
BBQ sauce 

Mix soup, water and dry soup mix. Place thighs in bag and pour mixture over them.  Cook at 350 for one hour. Roll top down and cover tops of thighs with your favorite sauce. Cook uncovered for ten minutes.  If soup is not thick enough to make a gravy do the following.  Add a tablespoon of flour to a 1/2 cup of hot water and pour a little at a time into your soup until it is as thick as you want it.  I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

One of Mama Hazels favorite cookies

MUD HEN SQUARES

 

½ cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 whole egg

1 egg separated

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup chopped nuts

1 cup brown sugar

 

Cream butter and sugar together.  Add whole egg, 1 egg yolk, flour and vanilla;  Mix

Well.  Batter will be stiff.  Spread in  lightly greased 9 x 13 pan. 

 

Sprinkle  nuts over Batter.  Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually adding brown sugar.  Spread over batter

In pan.  Bake at 350 degrees about 45 min.  Cut into squares while  warm.

 

Quick Cookies

Last night pop and I wanted something a little sweet so I said I would make some tea cakes.  When I got in the kitchen I realized that I didn't have enough flour.   I looked through the cabinets and found two boxes of Jiffy muffin mix.  I mixed those together and added what little flour I had to make a stiff dough.  Rolled it out and cut out cookies.  Cooked for about 10 minutes at 350 until done.  They turned out really well!!

Open Faced Tomato and Cheese Sandwich

One of my husbands favorite snacks is an open faced tomato and cheese sandwich. His grandmother used to make them for him when he was a kid.  Quick and easy to fix.

2 slices of bread (I use light wheat)
2 slices of tomato
2 slices of cheese

Spread mayo to taste on the bread for a base then tomato and cheese, salt and pepper to taste.  Then toast in oven until cheese is melted and edges of bread is crisp.