Milky Way Cake

Another recipe from The Pioneer Woman Cooks blog. I saw this and wanted to make it so bad! It turned out amazing! Loved it. You can't eat very much because it's so rich but it was very yummy.

Ingredients11 whole Milky Way Bars (regular Size), Divided Use
3 sticks Margarine, Divided Use
2-½ cups All-purpose Flour
½ teaspoons Salt
½ teaspoons Baking Soda
½ cups Buttermilk
3 teaspoons Vanilla Extract, Divided
2 cups Sugar
4 whole Eggs
2 cups Powdered Sugar
1 dash Salt
½ cups Milk (more If Needed)
1 cup Finely Chopped Pecans

Preparation InstructionsPreheat oven to 300 degrees F.

In a double boiler or in a saucepan over very low heat, melt 8 Milky Way bars together with 1 stick margarine, stirring to combine. Once melted, remove from heat and set aside.

Sift flour and salt together and set aside.

Mix baking soda with buttermilk, then add 2 teaspoons vanilla and set aside.

Cream 1 stick of margarine with the 2 cups of granulated sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to the creamed mixture, mixing after each addition. Add melted candy bar mixture and mix to combine.

Pour into a greased jelly roll pan or 9 x 13 baking pan and bake for 1 hour or until cake is done in the center. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

To make the icing, melt the remaining 3 Milky Way bars with remaining 1 stick margarine (in a double boiler or in a saucepan over very low heat). Add powdered sugar, dash of salt, milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and chopped pecans and stir over low heat. Add more milk if needed.

Pour over the cooled cake and allow to set. Cake will be very sticky! Don’t expect neat, perfect slices.

Serve with ice cream or whipped cream

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

I'm a lover of recipe sites. When I can't sleep at night I browse recipes and make lists in my head of all the food I want to cook. I love trying new things. One of my favorite recipe blogs is THIS. I goth this recipe here.

I liked these, but I didn't love them. I think the frosting would be very yummy on Betty Crocker brownies. I think I'll try that next time but I imagine it would be awesome. I made a mistake of using the smaller jelly roll pan instead of a regular size. They turned out super thick and with thick frosting. Also I was at the store searching for buttermilk and realized I have no clue what it is or where to find it and I didn't find any. And I looked everywhere. I found a substitution for buttermilk on line but didn't have what I needed so I just used milk, they may have turned out better if I used what was on the recipe.

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
by Nina Jones

Mix in pan and bring to a boil:
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter

Sift the following and add to the above mixture:
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda

Mix and add to the above mixture:
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
Stir well and pour into greased or parchment lined cookie sheet pan (jellyroll pan). Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.

Frosting
Mix in pan and bring to a boil:
3/4 cup butter
6 Tbsp buttermilk
1/2 cup peanut butter
Take off stove and add:3 1/2 cups powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp vanilla. Pour over warm cake

Frosted Banana Bars

I think I've been cooking out of boredom lately. Sad, huh? To bad all I'm making is junk food...I had some old bananas and decided to try THIS recipe. Yummy! I'm completely addicted to these. I make them ALL the time. They are probably my favorite.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 (16 ounce) container cream cheese frosting (I made my own frosting and I'll add the recipe at the end)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 10X15 inch jellyroll pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt: stir into the batter. Finally, mix in the mashed banana. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 20-25 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow bars to cool completely before frosting.

Frosting
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 pkg (16 oz) powdered sugar (about 4 cups)
1 tsp vanilla

Banana-Sour Cream Cake

I was telling Danene about some banana cup cakes I remember my neighbor making when I was younger. She told me about this recipe. I found it on kraftfoods.com. Kyle says it's his favorite cake ever and Karson ate 2 pieces. I liked it, but didn't love it. (of course I changed the recipe a little but I'll post the original)

1 pkg (2-layer size) yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 bananas)
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup oil
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 pkg (16 oz) powdered sugar (about 4 cups)
1 cup planters walnut pieces, finely chopped (I left these out)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat cake mix, eggs, bananas, sour cream and oil with mixer on low until moistened, scraping bottom of bowl often. Beat on medium 2 minutes and pour into greased and floured 13X9 inch pan.

Bake 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake completely in pan on wire rack.

Beat cream cheese and butter with mixer on medium until well blended. Gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition.

I did not do the last part. I just frosted the cake.

Remove cake from pan. Carefully cut cake crosswise in half using serrated knife. Place 1 cake half, top side down, on plate; spread top with frosting. Top with remaining cake half, top side up. Frost top and sides. Press nuts onto sides. Refrigerate leftovers

Earthquake Cake

A former co-worker used to bring this to work and it's so easy and good.

1 C. shredded coconut
1 package German chocolate cake mix
1 stick butter
1 box powdered sugar (about 2 cups)
1 8-oz. cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread coconut in the bottom of a greased 9x13 baking dish. Prepare cake mix according to the directions on the box, pour on top of the coconut. In a bowl mix the rest of the ingredients until smooth and thick, like butter spread. Drop by small spoonfuls onto the top of the cake, covering the entire surface. Bake for 35-55 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

Chocolate Cake

I'm not sure where this recipe came from but it's makes my list of favorites.

1 yellow cake mix
1 small box instant chocolate pudding
1/2 cup sugar
mix together in bowl and remove lumps with wire whisk

Add:
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup water
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
Stir with electric mixer for 2 minutes and add:
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Put in greased 9x13 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Let cool and sprinkle powdered sugar over the top.