CAKES * BARS* REFRIDGERATOR COOKIES* APPLE CAKES Blueberry Muffins                            makes 22 or 23 --- keep forever 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ----------these are fabulous! the best ever indeed 3/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 egg 1/3 cup buttermilk ( t vinegar to milk) 1 t vanilla 1 cup frozen blueberries        Preheat oven to 400 -Grease muffin cups --REALLY need to use paper LINERS Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups 2/3 ,     and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture. ----------------------------------- To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup flour 1/4 cup butter 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.  --- go light with topping Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done ----------------------------------- Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Cake Flour 2 cups Baking powder 1 tsp Baking soda 1 tsp Butter 1 cup Sugar 1 cup Eggs 2 Vanilla 1 tsp Sour cream 1 cup Topping: Walnuts ½ cup Sugar ¼ cup Cinnamon 1 tsp Chocolate chips 1 bag In one bowl combine flour baking soda and baking powder In another bowl beat eggs and add butter and sugar Add the contents of 1st bowl to second bowl then add sour cream and vanilla Mix together Pour ½ the batter into a greased 10” bunt or spring form pan Cover with ½ the topping mix and ½ the chips Add the rest of the batter and the rest of the topping and chips Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 777777777777777777777 Amy G.:       Amy Makes This Sunday Morning Coffee Cake Prep: 20min  Bake: 25 2 tablespoons butter, softened  ½ cup sugar  ½ teaspoon salt  1 egg  2/3 cup milk  1 teaspoon vanilla extract  1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour  3 teaspoons baking powder In a small mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar and salt until crumbly.  Add the egg, milk and vanilla; mix well.  Combine flour and baking powder 8x8 pan -greased ADD:   Topping:  ¼ cup sugar  2 tablespoons all-purpose flour  1 tablespoon ground cinnamon   ¼ cup cold butter  bake  350   for 25 min. --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together ---1/2 batch is more than enough!! for topping 1/2 cup sugar, --or brown might be better 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.  --- go light with topping Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Old Yeller" Buttermilk cake -- 1/2 cup shortening 1 3/4 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups buttermilk Cream shortening & sugar, add eggs. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla. Pour into a 9 x 13 greased pan and bake at 350 for 35 minutes.(30 minutes) Frosting 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla Combine sugar, milk and butter in small pan. Bring to a full boil and boil 1 minute remove and add vanilla. Pour over hot cake and let sit until absorbed. 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Susan...This is my families favorite cake and I received two 5 stars rating for my cake on Recipezaar.......It is wonderful.... SNICKERDOODLE CAKE 1 pkg. (18.25oz) plain white cake mix 1 cup whole milk 8 Tbls. (or 1 stick) butter (melted) 1 pkg. 3.3 oz. instant white chocolate pudding mix (add even if you have a cake mix with a pudding already in it) 3 extra large eggs 1 teas. vanilla extract 2 teas. cinnamon Preheat oven to 350º and grease/flour a 9x13 inch pan. In a large mixing bowl add cake mix, milk, melted butter, pudding mix, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon. Blend with a hand mixer for 1 minute at low speed. Stop and scrape down all sides of bowl and increase mixer speed to medium for 2 more minutes. Pour batter into 9x13 pan and spread out evenly. Bake at 350º for 32-38 minutes (I always check at 32 minutes) or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Frost with the following Butter Cream Frosting recipe: BUTTER CREAM FROSTING 8 Tbls. (or 1 stick) butter (slightly softened) 3 ¾ cups confectioners` sugar 3-4 Tbls. Milk (I used 4 Tbls.) 1 teas. vanilla extract 1 teas. Cinnamon Place all ingredients in mixing bowl and beat on low/ medium until fluffy. Spread on cooled cake. ENJOY! 777777777777777 Butterfinger Banana Cake~ 18-1/4 ounces package yellow cake mix 2 medium, ripe bananas, mashed 3 NESTLE BUTTERFINGER Candy Bar, chopped, divided 16 ounces container prepared white frosting Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour cake pan. Prepare cake batter  to pkg dir; stir in banana and 3/4 cup chopped Butterfinger. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool Frost cake; sprinkle with remaining chopped Butterfinger 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777 MINI BROWNIES 1 box brownie mix Rolo candies Make brownie mix as directed. Use a mini muffin pan lined with mini papers. Put a small amount of brownie mix in the bottom of each liner. Place 1 rolo candy in the middle and sightly press down so the candy is set. Cover with more brownie mix . Bake in 350 oven till done, about fifteen minutes. You could also use Hersey Kisses instead of the Rolo's. If you do the full size muffin pans, press two rolos in the center. 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Peppermint Cake Roll 4 eggs 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon Peppermint extract 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt Beat eggs until light and lemon colored; gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, beating constantly. Stir in Peppermint extract and vegetable oil; set aside.  gradually add 1/2 cup sugar. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; fold into egg mixture. Grease a 15 x 10 x 1-inch jellyroll pan and line with wax paper; grease and flour wax paper. Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes. Sift confectioners' sugar in a 15 x 10-inch rectangle on a linen towel. When cake is done, immediately loosen sides of pan and turn out on sugar. Peel off wax paper. Starting at narrow end, roll up cake and towel together; cool. Unroll cake and spread with Peppermint Filling and re-roll.  wrap in plastic then foil to freeze. Or eat now. ----------------------- Filling 1 cup confectioners sugar 4 tablespoon butter--softened at room temp 8 ounces cream cheese--softened at room temp 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Beat together until smooth and creamy. add  1/2 cup of crushed peppermints. 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 ------------------------------------------------------- Lemon Creamcheese Frosting 1/2 cup  butter, softened 8 oz. cream cheese, softened 4 cups confectioners' sugar 4 1/2 tsp. lemon juice ------------or orange juice maybe orange zest Few drops yellow or orange  food coloring (optional) Instructions: Beat butter and cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add sugar gradually, beating after each addition until light and fluffy. Blend in lemon juice. If desired, add food coloring; beat until evenly tinted. Makes 3 cups frosting, or will make enough to frost 24 cupcakes (using 2 tbsp. frosting for each cupcake). 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 CAKE make box cake mix-----lemon or orange. ---divide evenly between  2 jelly roll pans.   PREHEAT oven to 375° F. Grease 2, 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pans; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar. COMBINE --make cake mix acording to directions-maybe add zest or flavoring BAKE for 12 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. (If using a dark-colored pan, begin checking for doneness at 11 minutes. Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack. FOR FILLING: . Carefully unroll cake. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap then foil and refrigerate at least one hour. 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Pumpkin Roll.  -------------------------- Helen's 375 degrees powder sugar  a  kitchen towel well. Have laying out to turn cake on. Heat jelly roll pan.  place wax paper in warm pan, making sure it sticks out sides and ends. Beat  3 EGGS till a nice creamy color..-------beat in 1 cup SUGAR..--------------  stir in   2/3Cup PUMPKIN, and  3/4 cup FLOUR,  and 1 teas BAKING SODA - and 1 teas CINNAMON. Place in  wax paper lined jelly roll pan.  Bake 375 for 13-15 minutes.- . or until top of cake springs back when touched. Immediately lift hot wax paper with cake out of pan.Set on counter for 1 minute.- Carefully loosen EDGES of  paper. pick up cake WITH the wax paper and turn onto the powder sugared towel. now peel off the wax paper.   cool for 2 minutes. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on rack---or in fridge for 15 min. when completly cool -- then unroll. When cool spread with filling and reroll. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filling:1 cup confectioners sugar 4 tablespoon butter--softened at room temp 8 ounces cream cheese--softened at room temp 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Beat together until smooth and creamy. TO FREEZE: after you have rerolled the filled cake, place a piece of plastic wrap on counter, place roll on plastic wrap and wrap.then place on square of tin foil and wrap for the freezer. These freeze well. Some people slice them before freezing. 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 angel food cake with pineapple icing ---------- gotta try buy a round angel food cake. empty a Can of Crushed Pineapple with juice into a mixing bowl. add a small box of Instant Vanilla Pudding and mix. add small container of Coolwhip. mix all and spread on and around angel food cake. 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Strawberry Pretzel Salad This is an oldie but a goodie. The combination of the salt and sweet is really nice! 2 cups crushed pretzel sticks 1/2 cup margarine or butter 8 oz cream cheese 1 cup sugar 4 Tbs mayonnaise 8 oz whipped topping (e.g. Cool Whip) 12 oz strawberry Jello 20 oz frozen strawberries Mix the crushed pretzels with the margarine or butter. Press into a 9x13 pan and bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees F. Let cool. Cream the softened cream cheese with sugar and mayonnaise, then fold in the whipped topping. Spread this over the cooled pretzels. Dissolve the Jello in 2 cups of hot water and add the frozen strawberries . Stir, and then let set slightly. Pour over the cream cheese mixture. Chill and serve. 7777777777777777777777777777777 Strawberry Pineapple Pretzel Salad -- paula deen 2 cups crushed pretzels 3/4 cup melted butter 3 tablespoons sugar, plus 3/4 cup sugar 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese 1 (8-ounce) container whipped topping 2 (3-ounce) packages strawberry gelatin dessert mix 2 cups boiling water 2 (10-ounce) packages frozen strawberries 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple Whipped topping or whipped cream, to garnish Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. For the crust, mix the pretzels, butter, and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Press this mixture into a 9 by 13-inch pan and bake for 7 minutes. Set aside and allow to cool. In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and 3/4 cup of sugar. Fold in the whipped topping, and spread over the cooled crust. Refrigerate until well chilled. In a small bowl, dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water, and allow to cool slightly. Add the strawberries and pineapple, pour over the cream cheese mixture. Refrig  To serve, cut slices and serve with a dollop of whipped topping. leave out pineapple if you want 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Cherry Cheesecake balls 8 oz.cream cheese softened 2 tsp. butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tea vanilla or we decided Almond would be good to. 1/2 cup coconut 8-10 chopped cherries, maraschino 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs Mix all but crumbs. Drop by teaspoons full into graham cracker crumbs and then roll into balls. CHill for 2 hours. I did chill the mix for about 2 hours before and then overnight for the balls they are soft. 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 usually add 1 tsp. butter flavoring and 1 tsp. lemon flavoring (just a personal preference) Cream Cheese Pound Cake  from my friend Kate 3 cups all purpose flour, sifted 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/2 cups butter, softened 1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese 3 cups granulated sugar 6 large eggs 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract Do not preheat the oven. Grease and flour a 12 cup tube pan. Sift together the flour and salt and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream the margarine, cream cheese, and sugar on low speed for 10 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs alternately with the dry ingredients, mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Set the oven temperature to 325º and bake for 1 1/2 hours or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan. 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Strawberry Mold                                          GOTTA TRY Source: Paula Deen Effort: Easy, it sets up fast too! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this salad. I've made it 3 times  Not only is it super easy to make BEST salad I've ever had - only one I will make for holidays!! I want EVERYONE to try this! Strawberry Mold 2 (3-ounce) packages strawberry gelatin 1 cup boiling water 2 (10-ounce) cartons frozen strawberries 1 cup chopped pecans 3 medium bananas, sliced 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained 1 cup sour cream Dissolve the gelatin the boiling water. Add the remaining ingredients except the sour cream . Pour half of the mixture in a salad mold; let chill until firm. Cover with a layer of sour cream, then top with the remaining half of the mixture. Refrigerate until firm. 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Apple Crumb Cake out of Womans Day crumb topping 3/4 flour 1/3 graham cracker crumbs 1/4 c brown sugar 5 T stick butter softened mix till crumbly. set aside cake 1 1/2 sticks butter 1 1/4 brown sugar 2 t vanilla 1 1/2 t cinnamon 1 t each baking powder and soda 1/2 t salt 3 eggs 2 1/4 c flour 1 1/2 c sour cream 3 apples thinly sliced heat oven 350 mix butter sugar vanilla cinnamon baking powder soda and salt till creamy . add eggs then flour and sour cream. spoon 1/2 mixture into 13x9 pan. cover with 1/2 the apples, the remaining batter and apples. crumble topping over the top. bake 45 minutes or till pick comes out clean. dust with confectioners sugar if you want. can be wraped airtight in pan and stored at room temp up to 3 days. or can be frozen. this is from the oct womans day 06 ____________________________________________________________________________ KNOBBY APPLE  CAKE 1 cup SUGAR 2 tablespoons soft BUTTER 1 beaten EGG 3 cups peeled and diced APPLES 1/4 cup chopped NUTS 1 teas VANILLA 1 cup FLOUR    1 teaspoon BAKING SODA      1/2 te SALT    1/2 tea CINNAMON Cream together sugar, butter. Add beaten egg, mix well. Add diced apples,nuts, vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon. stir into mixture.  Place into 8" square greased pan. Bake at 350° for  40 minutes. This is like an apple pie cake. When you bite into it, you taste lots of apple! super good! ___________________________________________________________________ APPLE CARROT CAKE 2 c Sugar 4 Egg 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c Vegetable oil 2 c Flour 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1 ts Cinnamon 2 ts Baking powder 1 1/2 c Carrots; grated 1 1/2 c Apple; chopped 1 c Walnuts; chopped Combine sugar, eggs, vanilla, and oil. Sift together dry ingredients and stir into liquid mixture. Add carrots, apples and nuts. Pour batter into 9 x 13-inch pan and bake in 325~ oven for 60 to 70 minutes ________________________________________________________________ . Apple Surprise Cake 2 c. diced, unpeeled apples 1/2 c. oil 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 1/2 c. coconut 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1 c. sugar 1 1/2 c. flour 1 tsp. soda 1/2 c. walnuts 1/2 tsp. salt Mix apples and sugar; let stand until juice forms. Stir in egg, oil and vanilla. Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon; add to apples, sugar, egg, oil and vanilla. Stir well. Add nuts and coconut. Pour into 8 x 12  pan. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. _______________________________________________________________ Delicious Apple Cake 2 c. Sugar 1 c. plus 2 TBSP. cooking oil 2 eggs 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. soda 2 c. flour 2 c. red delicious apples chopped,( mom also peels hers) 2 tsp. vanilla 1 c. chopped nuts Add oil to sugar and add eggs, beat well. Add vanilla, sift flour, salt and soda. Add apples to flour mixture and nuts to sugar mixture. Grease and flour bundt pan bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. IMPORTANT: DO NOT OPEN OVEN DOOR FOR THE FIRST 55 MINS. Let cool in pan for 1 hour _______________________________________________________________ Apple Peanut Butter Crisp 6 to 8 green apples, pared and sliced 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon cinnamon 3/4 cup flour 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup margarine Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange apple slices in bottom of a lightly oiled 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Mix lemon juice and water and pour over apples. Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Mix remaining ingredients until crumbly. Spread evenly over the apples. Bake for about 40 minutes, or until golden brown. ________________________________________________________________ APPLE CREAM CAKE 1 package (18-1/4 oz.) yellow cake mix 3 cups sliced peeled tart apples 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup whipping cream Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, optional Prepare cake batter according to package directions; pour into a greased 13x9x2-inch pan. Combine apples, walnuts, sugar and cinnamon; spoon over batter. Pour cream over the top. Bake in a 350 for one hour or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. _________________________________________________________________ Jewish Apple Cake 5 McIntosh apples 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2/3 cup sugar 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 4 eggs 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/3 cup orange juice 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla Grease an Angel Food Cake pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Peel and cut apples in thin slices. Combine with cinnamon and 2/3 cup sugar in bowl. Set aside. Beat together the remaining ingredients until smooth. Pour half of batter into pan. Put half of apple mixture on top of batter. Spread remainder of batter over apples. Top with remaining apple slices. Bake at 350 degrees f