Cooking With Gogi » Cakes

CROCKPOT PUDDING CAKE

Cooking With Gogi — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:12:09 +0000

Do you have errands to run and have to be gone for a few hours? How about getting dessert started before you leave?

1 chocolate cake mix

1 box instant pudding mix

4 eggs

1 pint of sour cream

3/4 cup oil

1 cup water

6 oz. chocolate chips

Mix and pour into crockpot on low. Cook for 6-8 hrs. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream. DELICIOUS!!!

Now if you really want to make it easy on yourself, tear or chop up some lettuce and add leftovers from the frig. This could be ham, chicken, tuna, carrots, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, grated cheese, chopped bacon, mushrooms, you name it. That could be your main course with your choice of dressing. Now you have dessert and your main course ready to serve. Just pop it into the frig until you get home.

Be stress free and enjoy!

Gogi

RUM CAKE

Cooking With Gogi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:37:35 +0000

Previously, I gave you a rum cake recipe from a friend of mine. It actually was not a legitimate recipe and just made for a good laugh! This recipe is very legitimate. It is so easy and made with Bacardi Rum and Jello pudding. In fact the recipe recommends you use Bacardi Rum and Jell-O pudding. This is one of my family’s favorites during the holidays.

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

1 18 ½ ounce of yellow cake mix*

1 3 ¾ ounce pkg of Jello-O vanilla instant pudding and pie filling

4 eggs

½ cup cold water

½ cup cooking oil

½ cup Bacardi dark rum 80 proof

*If using cake mix with pudding already in it, omit the pudding and use 3 eggs instead of 4, 1/3 cup of oil instead of ½.

Glaze:

¼ lb. of butter (or 1 stick)

¼ cup water

1 cup granulated sugar

½ cup Bacardi Rum

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10” tube or 12 cup Bundt pan sprinkle nuts in bottom of pan. Mix all ingredients together and bake l hour.

Cool. Invert cake on plate and prick top so when you brush the glaze on the cake it will be able to absorb the glaze better. Brush the glaze evenly over top and sides until the glaze is gone.

Glaze directions;

Melt butter, water, and sugar in pan. Boil, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add rum.

Keep cake in a covered cake plate and it will stay moist and the flavor will be more intense and wonderful.

Enjoy

Gogi

POUND CAKE

Cooking With Gogi — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:43:05 +0000

Do I have a story for you today!! I was going through my recipes looking for a pound cake recipe of which I have many, and I found one that had been given to me back in the late 50’s or maybe early 60‘s by my good friend Barbara McKenzie. Here name is now Barbara McGuire. I got to reminiscing and decided to try to look her up on the internet. To my surprise I found her. She is still in Macon Georgia and over the years has become a true southern bell. I was so excited about being able to chat with her after all these years. We talked and talked and I asked her if I could post her recipe and she said yes, so here it is……….

You must have a cold oven. Do not preheat. This is ½ of a recipe- double it if you like.

6 medium eggs

1 ¾ cups sugar

½ lb. butter

2 cups plain flour

Separate eggs. Beat egg whites until stiff and set aside.

Cream butter and sugar adding egg yolks one at a time.

Add flour on low speed.

Last add well beaten egg whites.

Flavoring is optional. She uses lemon and vanilla.

Put cake in tube pan or angel food cake pan.

Put cake in oven and turn oven to 325 degrees.

Bake 40 minutes and check for doneness. If not done, increase time and keep checking. Depending on your oven it could take a little longer. Half of a recipe does not take as long as it would if you doubled the recipe.

I have been telling you folks all along that cooking brings family and friends together. Today I proved it. What a great day!!!!

Enjoy,

Gogi

Thanks Barb for the recipe!!!

ORANGE KISS ME CAKE

Cooking With Gogi — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:49:17 +0000

This was a recipe given to me by my mother-in-law 48 years ago. It is absolutely scrumptious!

I large orange

1 cup raisins

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 cup sugar

½ cup shortening

¾ cup milk

2 eggs

¼ cup milk

Topping:

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/3 cup sugar

¼ cup chopped nuts

Squeeze juice out of the large orange. Set aside. Cut stem off of the end of orange rind and grind. Set aside.

Measure and set aside l cup of raisins and l/3 cup of walnuts.

Sift flour, baking soda, salt and sugar together.

Add ½ cup shortening and ¾ cup milk to flour mixture above. Mix with mixer.

Add 2 eggs and another ¼ cup of milk to the mixture and fold in the orange juice, rind and raisin mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees in a greased 12 x 8 x 2 or a l3 x 9 pan for 40-50 minutes.

While still warm sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and nut topping.

Serve with a nice cup of coffee or hot tea. Enjoy, Gogi

BEST RUM CAKE EVER

Cooking With Gogi — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:34:10 +0000

This is a totally different recipe and you will be totally relaxed when you finish making it. If you are making it for a party etc., do not take or deliver it the same day. You shouldn’t be at the wheel of a vehicle for about 48 hours. Enjoy!

1 or 2 quarts of rum

1 cup butter

Nuts

lemon juice

2 large eggs

4-6 cups flour??

brown sugar

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. sugar

baking powder

1 cup dried fruit

Before you start, sample the rum to check for quality (good, isn’t it?) Now go ahead. Select a large mixing bowl, measuring cup, etc. Check the rum again. It must be just right. To be sure rum is of the highest quality, pour one level cup of rum into a glass and drink it as fast as you can. REPEAT.

With an electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one seaspoon of thugar and beat again. Meanwhile, make sure that the rum is of the finest quality. Try another cup. Open the second quart, if necessary. Add 2 large eggs, 2 ups fired druit and beat till high. If druit gets tuck in beaters, just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the rum again, check for tonscisticity. Next, sift 3 cups pepper or salt (it really doesn’t matter which.) Sample the rum again. Sift 1 pint of lemon juice. Fold in chipped butter and strained nuts. Add 1 babblespoon of brown thugar, or whatever color you can find. Wix mell. Grease oven and turn cake pan to 350 gredees. Now pour the whole mess into the oven and ake, Check the rum again and go to bed. Sweet dreams!!!

This was given to me by a friend named Bob Kerr who has since passed. He was quite a comedian in his own way. He was always coming up with something funny. I have made small rum cakes for gifts and put this recipe tied with a ribbon with the cake. It is a great conversation piece.

Enjoy,

Gogi