HO HO Cake

2 boxes of Ho Ho cookies
11/2 cup Cool Whip
1 cream cheese ( 8oz.)
3 cups milk
2 pkg instant chocolate pudding
Chopped nuts and sprinkles
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Cut cookies in half lengthwise and lay them in a 9 x 13 inch pan, cut side up.Beat cream cheese while  slowly adding milk and pudding.Add powdered sugar and spread mixture on top of Ho Ho cookies.Top with Cool Whip nuts and sprinkles.Put  to refrigerator  for 2 hours.

Soft Chocolate Crackles

2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter or  margarine
11/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder

1/2 cup powdered sugar
Beat butter, sugar, and brown sugar with electric mixer until fluffy.Add vanilla extract and eggs ,one at the time.In separate bowl, mix flour, salt , baking soda, and cocoa.Add flour mixture and mix until well blended.Place powdered sugar in small bowl .Shape teaspoonful of dough into balls and roll them in powdered sugar. Place the cookies on a greased cookie sheets.Bake  in preheat oven to 350 F for 13 minutes.Makes about 25 cookies.

Very Puffy Biscuits

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick butter
2/3 cup milk

Sift flour, baking powder,sugar ,cream of tartar,and salt.Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.Add milk all at once and stir just until dough follows fork around bowl or you can  mix in food processor.Pat or roll 1/2 inch thick.Cut it with biscuits cutter. Bake at 450 F 10 -12 minutes.

Pumpkin Bread

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil (or apple sauce)
1 can ( 2 cups) pumpkin
3 cups flour
2 tsp.baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. each cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg

Blend all  ingredients together ,except sugar ,oil,and eggs.Then add sugar, oil ,and eggs till blended.Bake in 10 inch tube pan or 2 loaf  pans greased  1 hour at 350 F.

Cranberry Christmas Cake

I bake this cake around Christmas time every year. It is very easy to make, is moist and is delicious. Enjoy.


9 T butter
1 c sugar
2 eggs
4 yolks
1/2 c flour
1/2 c  corn meal
1 t baking powder
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 c orange juice
1 T orange zest
6 oz dry cranberries or cherries

Mix butter and sugar  with an electric mixer  on a low speed for a few minutes.Combine the flour ,corn meal and baking powder with dry cranberries.Add to a butter mixture 4 yolks , eggs and vanilla extract.Add the flour mixture switching with orange juice  to the batter.Pour batter to 9 inch round pan. Bake for 50 minutes 350 F. Let it cool for 1 hour.Sprinkle with powder sugar.

Easy and Delicious Coconut Pie

2 c.milk
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. pancake mix
1/4 c. butter
1 t. vanilla
4 eggs
1 c. coconut flakes,sweetened

Mix all ingredients except coconut flakes with electric blender  on low speed for 5 minutes.
Pour into 9 inch pie pan. Let stand about 5 minutes.Then sprinkle with coconut flakes.
Bake  at 350 F for 45 minutes.Serve warm or cool. Enjoy it

PECAN PIE

2 frozen pie shells,thawed
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
4 Tablespoons butter ,softened
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup dark Karo syrup
1 cup light Karo syrup
3cups pecan halves
4 Tablespoons flour

Preheat oven to 375 F.Mix eggs , sugar ,vanilla and salt.Add  butter and the rest ingredients slowly.
Pour mixture into thawed pie shells.Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 F and bake for another 45 minutes.Cool  for 1 hour.Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Sunflower Cake

This cake is very delicious, especially at the end of the summer when sunflower seeds are plentiful. The sunflower seeds combined with the smooth caramel give a sweet chewy crunch after each bite. A little work is required to make this tasty treat, but it is so worth it.                                                            


Sunflower Cake

For the cake:
6 large eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup all purpose flour
3 teaspoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How to make it:
In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
In a mixing bowl (with the paddle attachment), beat the egg whites on high speed until very stiff peaks form. Add 1 cup of the sugar and the egg yolks, one yolk at a time.
Reduce the speed, while adding the dry ingredients and vanilla extract. Beat until just 
combined. Butter and dust a 13 x 9" rectangular pan with flour. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees  F for 30 minutes. Let the cake cool completely.


For the cream:
1 can (14 0z.) sweetened condensed milk
2 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons milk
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 box Tea Biscuits
4 tablespoons alcohol (optional)

Put the can of  sweetened condensed milk to a pot with water and boil for 2.5 hours. Remove the can from water and let it cool down. Meanwhile, put the sunflower seeds to the pan and let them crisp up for 5 minutes. Add 6 tablespoons of butter, sugar, milk and cook for a few minutes.
Line the baking pan with aluminum foil and spread evenly. Bake for 5-7 minutes or until 
light brown. Let cool down.With  the mixer on low speed, beat the butter. After cooking the condensed milk, caramel will form inside the can. Open the can and put  one tablespoon at a time to butter and add 3/4 of the sunflower seeds mixture. Cut the cake into 2 layers and spread half of the cream. Cover with the other half  of the cake and put the rest of the cream on top.
On top of the frosting covered cake, put biscuits to cover the surface (you can soak biscuits in alcohol). Over the biscuits put chocolate ganache, recipe follows.


4 tablespoons water
4 tablespoons powder sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 1/2 tablespoons butter

Put all ingredients to small pot and boil for 5 minutes. Spread on top of biscuits. Let cool in the refrigerator  for a few hours.