Lemon cake

Want to have a bite of a fabulous lemon cake? The cake isn’t too lemony but just right. If you’ve ever had lemon poppy seed bread well then it tastes like that but still different. The cake is just fabulous to make when guests come or just whenever you want to make the Bundt cake. If you make this for a group of people at a certain time you’ll want to make it in the morning, because it takes time to bake the cake.

Here's some of the batter before it's mixed.

  

The cake when I took it out of the oven:

The cake after I tipped it out of the pan:

Now the cake with the icing on it! It looks so good.

Here's a the cake served on a beautiful plate.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, room temperature

2 cups granulated sugar

3 eggs

grated zest of 1 large lemon

1 cup sour cream

Lemon Glaze:

1/4 cup melted butter

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 325°. Generously butter and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.

Into a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In a mixing bowl with hand-held electric mixer, cream 1 cup butter and granulated sugar; beat at high speed until mixture is very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down side of bowl frequently. Blend in lemon zest. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, adding each in 3 additions. Scrape sides of bowl frequently. Pour batter into prepared cake pan; bake in the preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted near the center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine lemon glaze ingredients in a bowl, blending until smooth. Carefully turn cake out onto a platter; drizzle evenly with glaze.
Serves 12 or more, depending on size of servings..

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies

            Ever what to make a great treat quickly? Well here’s the perfect treat for you… chocolate chip cookies.  I think that these cookies can turn out wrong if you read something wrong. So what I’m saying is that you should read the recipe carefully. The reason I made these cookies is because I was doing a demonstration speech for school.

Here's the ingredients.

And the milk being added.

The cookies dough on the pan waiting to be cooked.

Here's the final product. The cookies themselves.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Crisco sticks, butter flavor, 3/4 stick
1-1/4 cup brown sugar, light, firmly packed
2 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1-3/4 cup flour, all purpose
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 cups chocolate chips, semi-sweet

Directions:

1. Heat: oven to 375℉.

2. Combine: Butter Flavor Crisco Sticks, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl.

3. Beat: at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat egg into creamed mixture.

4. Combine: flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix into creamed mixture until just blended. Stir in chocolate chips.

5. Drop: rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake one baking sheet at a time for 8-10 minutes.

6. Remove: cookies to cooling rack to cool completely.

Grandma's Chocolate brownies with icing

  These brownies are my favorite. Some people think brownies shouldn't be frosted but I don't agree. These are awesome! One thing that I like about making the icing is eating the extra icing left here & there. Also I loved licking the remnants from the Hershey’s chocolate can after I emptied the chocolate. I can guaranty you that you’ll love these brownies & will make them so many times you won’t remember how many times you’ve made them.

Also thanks Grandma for the recipe it's amazing!

Here's the brownies before they're cut into pieces.

   Here's the brownies all cut up & looking delicious.

Grandma's Frosted Brownies
Ingredients:

BROWNIES:
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 16 oz. can Hershey chocolate syrup
1 stick margarine

FROSTING:
1-1/2 cup sugar
6 tablespoons milk
6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Brownies: Mix together all of the brownie ingredients and beat with a mixer. Pour into lightly greased 9" x 13" pan. Bake at 350℉ for 30 minutes. It will be done when a toothpick comes out clean.

2. Frosting: Mix together the sugar, milk and butter. Bring to a boil and boil for 30 seconds. Add the chocolate chips and vanilla. Put bowl in cold water in the sink and stir until smooth.