Honey Bun Cake

Doesn't that sound yummy just by the title. This is one that I definitely will have to try soon.

Honey Bun Cake

Ingredients

    1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
    3/4 cup vegetable oil
    4 eggs
    1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
    1 cup brown sugar
    1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Frosting Ingredients

    2 cups confectioners' sugar
    4 tablespoons milk
    1 tablespoon vanilla extract

   

Directions

   1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

   2. In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream. Stir by hand approximately 50 strokes, or until most large lumps are gone. Pour half of the batter into an ungreased 9x13 inch glass baking dish. Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the batter in the cake pan. Spoon the other half of the batter into the cake pan, covering the brown sugar and cinnamon. Twirl the cake with a butter knife or icing knife until it looks like a honey bun (or whatever design you want to make).

  3. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Frost cake while it is still fairly hot. Serve warm.

  4. To Make the frosting: In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioner's sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Pin It

Philly Brownie Cheesecake

If you are looking for a different way to put a bit of zing into ordinary brownies, here is a great recipe from Kraft Foods. This is really delicious and it's best to do it the day before so that the cheesecake can set on the brownie right.

Ingredients

1 pkg. (19 to 21 oz.) brownie mix (13x9-inch pan size)

4 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

3 eggs

2 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 325°F. Spray 13x9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Prepare brownie batter as directed on package; pour into prepared pan. Bake 25 min. or until top of brownie is shiny and center is almost set.


MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Gently pour over brownie layer in pan. (Filling will come almost to top of pan.)


BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen side of dessert from pan; cool. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.


MELT chocolate as directed on package; drizzle over cheesecake. Refrigerate 15 min. or until chocolate is firm. Cut cheesecake into 16 pieces to serve. Store any leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

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Basic Baking Equipment

There are all kinds of utensils and appliances that are used for baking, including the improvised versions of baking equipment that you may not have. Below are just a few basic baking essentials to have handy:

Baking Sheet

9-by-13 inch bar cookie pan
3/4 cup ramekins or custard cups

9-inch pie pan
Standard size 12-muffin pan


8-inch springform pan
9-inch round layer cake pans


9-by-9inch metal brownie pan Pin It

Very Best Baking

Now how cool is this site. Nestle Very Best Baking has all kinds of things to tease you sweet tooth. From free recipes for gift jars to coloring book pages for the kids. Also you can even win prizes by collecting brownie points.

Nestle Very Best Baking Pin It

National Root Beer Float Day

Today is national root beer float day. And what better way of having one of this wonderful treat, is having a taste of it on a hot day, relaxing somewhere cool and enjoying the memories of days gone by. The traditional root beer float consist of vanilla ice cream and one of your favorite colas. Here are a few root beer ingredients from C's Ice Cream & Deli that you try out to make a new favorite.

Ingredients: Bourbon Vanilla,Licorice Root, Sarsaparilla Root Extract, Sasafrass Root Extract, Nutmeg, Anise, Wintergreen, Cinammon, Clove, Molasses, Pimento Berry Oil, Balsam Oil, Oil Of Cassia, Malted Barley, Citric Acid, Cherry Bark, Fennugreek, St. John's Wort, Maple Syrup, Yucca Extract, Cane Sugar, Corn Syrup.

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Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes

This is such a cool way of making a small serving cake for 1 or 2 people. I'm going to have to try this soon and see how it comes out. This recipe I came across from the blog of Dizzy Dee.

Ingredients:

4 Tablespoons cake flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
1 Mug

Mix flour, sugar and cocoa together into the mug. Spoon in one egg. Then pour in milk and oil and mix well. Put in microwave for 3 minutes. Wait for the cake to stop rising and set in the mug. Tip the cake onto a plate. Pin It

Is This Salt or Sugar?

A great tip is if you are using the canisters or clear jars to store your sugar and salt, it's a good idea to label the jars so that it won't be confusing to which is which. Pin It

Kraft's Food & Family Magazine

Kraft Food issues free magazines during each season of the year. They have wonderful recipes for any occasion, even quick, easy and fun recipes that your child can help you prepare. There is an archive of each magazine that has been issued that include every recipe.

Kraft Food & Family Magazine

This is the first of many free goodies that I would love to share when I come across them. Pin It

Donut Holes

These were pretty easy to make. After making the dough, I put it in the refrigerator while the oil was heating in the fryer so I could handle it a bit better with a little of flour on my hands to roll the dough into balls. I made about 2 dozen of these and put them in a container so that they would stay fresh.

1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp. baking powder
Cinnamon to taste (optional)

Heat oil in fryer to be ready to put the dough into. Mix flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together in a large bowl. Add eggs, vanilla and milk into the dry ingredients and mix well. Roll the dough into balls and about 5 into the fryer (less or more depending on how big your fryer is). Fry the dough until they brown, then set them aside on paper towels to drain. After the donut holes have drained a couple of minutes, roll them into sugar and cinnamon.

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