Chocolate Oat Cake

Heat oven:350

1/2 C. butter

1 C. oats

1/2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Mix these 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Pour:

1 1/4 C. boiling water over and let stand for 20 min. Stir, then mix in:

1 1/2 C. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 C. brown sugar

3 eggs

Mix well. Pour into greased 9x13 pan and bake for 35-40 min.

Optional topping:

6 Tbs butter

3/4 C. brown sugar

1/2 C. light cream

Mix over medium heat and bring to a boil. Let boil 2 to 3 minutes.

Add 1/2 C. chopped pecans and

1/2 C. coconut

Pour over hot cake. Broil lightly.

Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake

Cake Sauce
1 yellow cake mix 1 large lemon jello
4 eggs 1 tsp lemon extract
¾ cup oil 2 cups powdered sugar
¾ cup hot water water 2 lemons, juiced

Bake as for cake mix, take out and pierce real close and pretty deep with fork. Mix the 2 cups pwd. sugar and the juice of the 2 lemons and pour over top

Banana Cake

1 ¼ cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
¼ cup butter
2 cups flour
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites, beaten stiff
2 bananas, ripe
1 cup walnut, chopped
¼ cup sour milk
1 tsp vanilla extract or buttermilk
1 pinch salt

Cream together sugar, butter, egg yolks, and bananas. Add dry ingredients. Add nuts and vanilla. Fold in stiff egg whites. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Makes 9x11 cake pan

To sour your own milk add 1 T vinegar to 1 cup milk.

By: Jan

Apple Crisp

Topping:

1 C butter

1 C brown sugar

1 C flour

1 C oatmeal

1/4 t baking powder

Mix together, butter should be crumbly set aside. I used half the butter, whole wheat flour and less sugar and it was still way good.

Filling:

6 C canned apples or 6-8 fresh apples, peeled and sliced

1/4 C sugar

1/4 t salt

1 t cinnamon

Place apples in 9x13 pan. Sprinkle with sugar, salt and cinnamon. Crumble topping on top. Bake at 350 for 25-35 minutes. If using fresh apples bake for 45 minutes. serve warm or cold with ice cream or whipped topping. Makes 12-15 servings.

By: JoAn

Chocolate Chip Applesauce Cake

2 c. flour

½ c. butter
1 tsp. salt
1and1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 c. applesauce
3 T. cocoa
6 oz. chocolate chips
Glaze is 1cup of powdered sugar and 1/8 c. hot water

Cream sugar and butter. Beat in eggs. Sift in dry ingredients and mix together with applesauce. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle 6 oz. of chocolate chips over the top. Bake at 350 for 30 min. Remove from oven and while still hot put on glaze.

This is an easy and delicious cake to make to give to a new neighbor

By: Nellie