Tuesday, September 23, 2008

I take my chocolate black please.

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Chocolate Mug Cake....This is a real recipe
3 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
1 Coffee Mug
4 tablespoons flour (that's plain flour, not self-rising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
Small splash of vanilla
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired or just eat it out of the mug with a spoon.

PS:

We made this for Young Women one night and the girls LOVED it! It's so cool to watch the cake rise out of the mug.

Monday, September 15, 2008

One banana, two...

Banana-Cream Cheesecake

1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix, divided
4 eggs, divided
3 Tbsp. oil
2/3 cup packed brown sugar, divided
2 bananas, sliced
2 pkg (8 oz each) Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped topping

Heat oven to 300 F. Reserve 1 cup dry cake mix. Mix remaining cake mix with 1 egg, oil and 1/3 cup brown sugar with mixer. (Mixture will be crumbly) Press into bottom and 1 inch up sides of greased 13X9-inch baking pan; top with bananas.
Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer. Add reserved cake mix, remaining eggs and lemon juice; beat 1 minute. Blend in milk. (Batter will be thin) Pour into crust.
Bake 45-50 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with Cool Whip. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Kraft Food and Family Fall 2008

I made this recently and everyone loved it. Next time I make this, I think I will try some variations like chocolate cake mix instead of white or even sliced strawberries instead of bananas with a lemon or chocolate cake mix.
What a great recipe (and a great size) to take to a pot-luck!