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Hot Fudge Sundae Cake

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Submitted by Shane

Ingredients

1 c. flour ¾ c. granulated sugar
2 tbsp Cocoa (good stuff if possible) 2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt ½ c. milk
2 tbsp vegetable or canola oil 1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c. chopped nuts (optional) 1 c. brown sugar
¼ c. Cocoa (separate from the 2 tbsp) 1¾ c. hot water
Garnish nuts, ice cream, whipped cream, & Maraschino cherries

Directions

  1. Preheat over to 350°F.
  2. Grease a 9″ square pan.
  3. Mix flour, granulated sugar, 2 tbsp cocoa, baking powder, & salt.
  4. Add milk, oil, & vanilla & mix with fork until smooth.
  5. Spread the mixture evenly in the pan.
  6. Sprinkle evenly with brown sugar & ¼ c. cocoa.
  7. Pour hot water over the batter. DO NOT mix.
  8. Bake 40 minutes. Let stand for 15 minutes.
  9. Serve with ice cream & spoon fudge over top. Finish with whipped cream, nuts, & a cherry.

Pound Cake

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Submitted by Foghorn Leghorn

Ingredients

6 eggs 3 c. sugar
8 oz. Philadelphia cream cheese 3 c. flour
1 tsp vanilla 3 sticks salted butter
½ c. powdered sugar 2 tbsp concentrated lemon juice

Directions

  1. Layout cream cheese & butter to soften at room temperature. Then in a mixing bowl add butter& cream cheese together & mix in a mixer.
  2. Add sugar to mixture. Then add flour & eggs alternately.
  3. Add vanilla.
  4. Spray bunt cake pan with cooking spray, preferably the kind made for baking with flour.
  5. Bake in a preheated 325°F oven for 1 hour 25 minutes.
  6. Let the cake rest in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a serving tray or plate.
  7. You can also make a glaze for the top of the cake. Mix the powdered sugar & lemon juice & drizzle over the top while still warm.

Chef’s Note: To change up the taste of your cake, you can add 1 tsp of either coconut or lemon flavoring instead of the vanila.

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

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Submitted by Monica

Ingredients

1-9″ Oreo or graham cracker pie shell 3-8 oz. blocks cream cheese
3 eggs 1 c. mini chocolate chips
1 tsp pure vanilla extract ¾ c. sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
  2. Rest eggs & cream cheese at room temperature.
  3. In mixer on high speed blend cream cheese & sugar until well blended & fluffy (4-5 minutes).
  4. Add eggs one at a time until well incorporated. Add vanilla & chips (reserve 2 tbsp chips for top). Mix until incorporated.
  5. Pour mix into pie shell, scatter remaining chips on top of pie. Place pie on a cookie sheet & place in the over.
  6. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 250°F. Bake for an additional 40-50 minutes. Start to check pie at 40 minutes. 
  7. When top is a little browned & just starts to crack, remove from oven.
  8. Let pie cool & refrigerate overnight prior to serving.

Miles’ Chocolate Icing

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Submitted by AkumaZ

Ingredients

1 stick butter or margarine ½ c. cocoa powder
¾ c. powdered sugar 3 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Melt butter in microwave or sauce pan. Place in bowl. 
  2. Stir in cocoa & vanilla extract into the butter. Beat in powdered sugar slowly in small amounts. 
  3. Add milk when mixture gets thick. Continue to add powdered sugar & milk to taste. 
  4. Should produce enough to frost a cake.

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

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Submitted by Trish
Serves 20

Ingredients

2 c. flour 1 c. vegetable oil
3 eggs 1½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon extract 2 tbsp poppy seeds
3 c. all-purpose flour 1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt 1½ c. milk
2 tbsp lemon juice ¾ c. confectioners’ sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease & flour 2 loaf pans. Combine sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla & lemon extracts in a large bowl; mix well. Stir in poppy seeds.
  2. Sift together flour, baking powder & salt. Add flour mixture & milk to sugar mixture alternately, mixing well after each addition. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
  3. Bake loaves for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen edges from sides of pans. Cool loaves in pans for 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks.
  4. For icing, blend lemon juice & confectioners’ sugar in a small bowl. Drizzle over warm loaves.