Chocolate cake

Ingredients

1 Devil’s Food cake mix

1 8oz. package cream cheese, softened

2/3 c. brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 c. whipping cream, whipped

1 bag milk chocolate chips, grated

Bake cake in two 9” pans.

Remove from oven and cool in freezer or refrigerator.

Beat cream cheese, brown sugar, and vanilla until very fluffy.

Mix in whipped cream.

Cut each cake layer in half to make four layers.

Place one layer onto a large plate.

Spread a fourth of the cream mixture on top. 

Sprinkle with a fourth of the grated chocolate chips.

Repeat with each of the layers.

Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.

Cheesecake

Crust

1/3 c. powdered sugar

1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs

1/2 c. margarine, melted

Mix together and pat into a 9” spring-form pan.

Cheesecake

3-8 oz. packages cream cheese at room temperature

1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. granulated sugar

4 eggs at room temperature

1 pint sour cream

5 tbsp. sugar

Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.  Add eggs one at a time, mixing very well between eggs.  Bake at 350⁰F for 50 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Stir together sour cream and sugar.  Spread sour cream-sugar mixture on top.  Put back into the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes.  Refrigerate overnight. 

Banana Bread

Everyone loves banana bread and this is a great recipe for really moist and sweet banana bread.

1/2 c. shortening
1 c.  sugar
2 eggs unbeaten
1/4c buttermilk
1 2/3 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3 large mashed bananas ( the riper the better, you can even freeze them to turn them black)

mix bananas, shortening, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla and salt in a large mixing bowl.  Add baking powder, soda, and flour in that order to banana slurry.

dough will be sticky, just pour into pre-greased pans and bake!

I usually double this recipe and get 3 regular sized loaves

Bakes at 325 degrees for about an hour

Enjoy!

Cornflake Treats

1 c white sugar
1 c corn syrup (karo)
bring to a boil

add:
2 c peanut butter
stir till consistent and take of head

add:
5-6 c cornflakes

spread in cake pan

put 3/4 bag of semi sweet chocolate chips over the top place in a warm oven until chocolate chips are melty.  Spread chips with a knife or spatula.  Let cool and enjoy.

Maple syrup

1 cup light karo syrup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup water
a couple drops of maple flavoring....

bring all ingredients to a boil.  Take off heat immediately  Let cool.  Enjoy.