GRANNYS CAKES

Granny's Mud


Beat by hand
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1/3 cup cocoa
11/3 cup flour
3 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Mix ingredients and bake in a greased and floured 13x9 @ 350 for 30 mins. Let cool
10 min. Spread 1 jar marshmallow cream on top of cake. Cool 20 min. While cake
is cooling melt 2 sticks oleo and add;

1 box powdered sugar
1/2 cup condensed
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup chopped nuts
Mix well and spread on top of cake.


Granny's Pineapple Sheet Cake


2 eggs
20 oz. can crushed pineapple in juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 lbs. cream cheese - softened, low-fat okay
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter OR margarine
Beat together eggs, pineapple, flour, sugar, walnuts, baking soda, and vanilla with a spoon.
-Pour into a greased 13" X 9" X 2" baking dish.
-Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes.
-Beat together cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar; spread over warm cake


Granny's Chocolate Pudding Cake




BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE WITH VANILLA GELATO
INGREDIENTS 1¾ cup all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
8 ounces butter
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Sift together dry ingredients and set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed until light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients. Lightly grease a 2-quart baking dish. Spoon the batter into the dish. In a small bowl, mix together ¾ cups light brown sugar, 2 tablespoons cocoa powder and ¾ cups hot water. Pour liquid over the batter, and place the baking dish into a larger pan into which you will pour enough hot water to reach halfway up the baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes (until pudding is barely set and has begun to pull away from the sides of the baking dish). Serve warm with warm butterscotch sauce.

BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces butter
1 pound light brown sugar
1 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil and remove from the heat.


Granny's Peanut Butter Cookies


1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda

Cream together shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt.
-Combine flour and baking soda.
-Slowly beat dry mixture into wet mixture.
-Roll dough, 3 Tbls. at a time, into balls and press to 1/2" thick on an ungreased baking sheet.
-Bake in a 275 degree oven for 18-20 minutes. Do not to overcook