Butter Tart Bars

These Butter Tart Bars are made extra special

with the addition of chocolate chips - yumm!!

Ingredients

1 cup margarine, softened

2/3 cup brown sugar, packed

2-1/2 cups flour

4 eggs

2 cups brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup flour

1-1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

3 cups raisins

1 cup chocolate chips

Bottom Layer

Crumble first 3 ingredients together in a bowl.

Press into ungreased 9x13-inch pan.

Bake in 350F oven for 10 minutes.

Top Layer

Beat eggs and second amount of sugar until light and thick.

Add the rest of the ingredients.

Stir and spread over bottom layer.

Bake in 350F oven for approximately 30-40 minutes

or until center is almost firm.

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Italian Coconut Cream Cake

When I came across this recipe

and saw the ingredients were coconut and cream cheese

I immediately added it to my "Must Try" list.

To see the original recipe please visit Cooking with K

Ingredients for Cake

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup butter

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

5 egg yolks, beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup buttermilk

2 cup shredded coconut

5 egg whites

Preheat oven to 350F.  Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside.

In separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.

In large bowl cream shortening, butter and sugar until fluffy.

Add vanilla and egg yolks.

Add flour and baking soda alternately with buttermilk

and beat until smooth.

Fold in coconut and egg whites.

Spread equal amounts of batter into pans.

Bake for 30 minutes or until cake is done.

Remove from oven and let set for 10 minutes before removing from pans.

Cool completely and frost with Coconut Cream Cheese Icing.

Cream Cheese Icing

2 (250g) pkg cream cheese (softened)

1/2 cup butter

6 cups icing sugar

1-1/2 tsp vanilla

3 Tbsp. cream

1 cup coconut

Mix together until smooth.

(I chilled the icing before decorating)

I made this cake for my daughter's birthday

and it was delicious.

Definately a keeper recipe.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

Nothing says spring is here like this Rhubarb Crumble.

I found the original recipe in the Company's Coming Lunches Cookbook.

It is super delicious,

especially when made with fresh rhubarb and strawberries.

Ingredients

1/2  cup butter or margarine

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1-1/2 cups rolled oats

1 cup brown sugar, packed

4-1/2 cups rhubarb, cut in 1 inch lengths

1/2 cup strawberries, cut up

(I use strawberries that I have on hand so the final total

for the rhubarb and strawberries should be 5 cups)

1 cup water

1 cup granulated sugar

2 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 tsp. vanilla

Melt butter in medium saucepan.

Stir in flour, rolled oats and brown sugar.

Press half of this into ungreased 9x9-inch pan.

Arrange rhubarb and strawberries over top.

Stir water, sugar, cornstarch and vanilla together

in separate saucepan over medium heat

until it boils and thickens.

Pour over rhubarb.

Cover with remaining crumbs.

Bake in 350F oven about 45 minutes

or until cooked and browned.

Cuts into 9 pieces.

Leftovers may be frozen.

(if there are any)

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Coconut Streusel Peach Muffins

It is getting to that time of year

when I go through my pantry

and try to use up anything

that is still there from the past year.

Well, I still seem to have quite a bit of peach jam

so I came up with this recipe

based loosely on an old recipe

that I made way back

when I took Home Economics

in school.

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

1/4 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup butter, melted

1/2 cup peach jam

Streusel Topping

1/8 cup shredded coconut

1/8 cup crushed almonds

3 Tbsp flour

3 Tbsp sugar

3 Tbsp butter, softened

1/4 tsp nutmeg

Prepare streusel topping and set aside.

In large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

In small bowl beat eggs with fork;

add in vanilla, milk and butter.

Add to flour mixture,

stir just until blended.

Fill greased muffin pans 1/3 cup full;

top with jam

(I used a good Tbsp and it helps if you make a small indentation to put the jam in)

Add more batter to fill pans 2/3 full.

Top with streusal topping.

(This topping was like a very thick paste,

I put a tsp on and smoothed the top with the back of the spoon)

Bake in preheated 400F oven until done

approximately 15-20 minutes.

Makes 8 muffins.

These are delicious and I'm glad it only made 8

because I wanted to eat them all :)

They are great to have on hand

for breakfast!

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Chocolate Marble Cake

This marble cake is a family favorite

and never last long around our house.

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

3/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

3/4 cup butter, softened

2 cups sugar

1 Tbsp. vanilla

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups milk

1/2 cup chocolate-flavored syrup

1 recipe Chocolate Butter Frosting (below)

Toffee bits

Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan, set aside. 

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

In large mixing bowl beat butter for 30 seconds.

Add sugar and vanilla; beat until fluffy.

Add egss, one at a time, beating well after each.

Add flour mixture and milk alternately to mixture,

beating at low speed after each addition just until combined.

Transfer 1 1/2 cups of batter to a medium bowl;

stir in chocolate-flavored syrup.

Pour light batter into the prepared pan.

Spoon chocolate batter over light batter.

Gently cut through batters to marble.

Bake in 350F oven for 30-35 minutes

or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in pan on a wire rack.

Frost with Chocolate Butter Frosting.

Chocolate Butter Frosting

In a large mixing bowl beat

6 Tbsp. butter and

 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy.

Gradually add

2 cups sifted icing sugar

beating well.

Slowly beat in

1/4 cup milk

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla.

Slowly beat in an additional

2 cups sifted icing sugar

If necessary, beat in additional milk

to reach desired spreading consistency.

Top with toffee bits

or

chunks of a chocolate covered toffee bar.

Then quickly cut yourself a piece

and enjoy it before it's all gone :)

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Chocolate Roll

This roll is super light and not too sweet -

perfect for after a large meal.

Ingredients

6 egg whites, room temperature

1/4 cup sugar

6 egg yolks

1/2 cup sugar

6 Tbsp. cocoa

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Line greased 10x15" jelly roll pan with waxed paper and grease.

Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.

Add sugar and beat until stiff.

Beat egg yolks in a separate bowl with second amount of sugar

 until lemon colored and light.

Beat in cocoa and vanilla.

Fold into egg whites.

Spread in prepared pan.

Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes

or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Sift icing sugar oveer tea towel.

Turn cake out on top of towel.

Peel off paper.

Starting at narrow end,

roll towel and cake up together to cool.

When cook unroll and spread with filling.

Chocolate Roll Filling

2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

2 Tbsp. water

2 cups whipping cream

Melt chips and water together over hot water.

Spread over cake.

Whip cream until stiff.

Spread 1/2 cups over chocolate layer.

Roll.

Spread remaining whipping cream over log.

And top with shaved chocolate, if desired.

Chill and enjoy!

 

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