Recipes

[25Angel]

A lot of dessert recipes come from using vegtables. When the kids were little they didn't like vegetables, so I would make a dessert with vegetables, and when they liked it they would later try the vegetables. They didn't have to eat them, but they did have to try 1 tsp. Some they didn't like the looks of, but one they tasted a dessert with it, they were more willing to try the actual veggie.

So here are two of my favorites:

Sweet Potato Squares ~ 25Angel

1/2 Cup butter
1/2 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup sugar
3/4 Cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp B powder 1/2 Tsp cinnamon
1/4 Tsp ginger
2 Eggs
1 Tsp vanilla
1 Cup peeled and finely shredded sweet potatoes
1/2 Cup chopped pecans (optional)
1/2 Cup golden raisins (optional)

Glaze:
1 Cup powdered sugar
1 Tbls butter
1 Tbls milk

Preheat oven to 350
Cream butter and sugars until well blended and smooth. Beat
in eggs one at a time, add vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients and stir just until blended. Fold in the pecans and golden raisins
spread evenly into a 9X9 baking dish greased and floured.

Temp: 350* Time: 25 Min Serves: 6-8

Glaze while still warm, some of the glaze will soak into the cake. I wait a little longer so it doesn't soak in. Is also really good with cream cheese icing.

Ginny's Pineapple and Carrot Cake ~25Angel

3 eggs, beaten

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 tsp salt

1 cup oil

1 cup chopped nuts

1 tsp cinnamon

2 cups grated carrots

1 cup crushed pineapple

Mix eggs, sugar & oil then sift together dry ingredients. Add to the first mixture. Blend well before adding pineapple nuts and carrots.

Bake in a greased and floured 13x9x2" pan or a greased and floured 10" tube pan.

Allow to cool before removing from the tube pan.

Temp: 350* Time: 40~45 min. Serves: 8~10



Whipped Cream Icing

9 tbls Crisco

9 tbls butter

2/3 cup milk very warm but not hot

1 cup sugar

2~3 tbls powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Beat the Crisco, butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Heat the milk until warm. Slowly pour the warm milk over the Crisco mixture, beating all the while until the milk is all used up. Frosting will get really creamy and light. Add the powdered sugar and the vanilla. Frost the cake. Refrigerate cake.

Never make the milk tooo hot or it will melt the butter and Crisco and you will need to replace ingredients and start over.