Grandma's Banana Cake with Caramel Frosting

This is one of my daddy's favorite cakes.

I didn't actually like it at first, but I am now loving it.

Get ready for a mind explosion.

Banana Cake

Ingredients:

                2 eggs                                       1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 C Sugar                                      1/2 tsp Salt

          1/2 C Margarine                      3/4 C buttermilk or sour milk

1 C mashed banana                                 1 tsp vanilla

           2 C Flour                               1tsp baking powder

Step 1:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan. 

Step 2:

Cream together eggs, sugar and margarine until fluffy. Add bananas.

Step 3:

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Alternately add milk and flour mixture to went ingredients until well combined.

Stir in Vanilla

Step 4:

Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick can come out clean.

Cool and top with caramel frosting.

Caramel Frosting

Ingredients:

1/2 C Butter                    1/4 C Milk

1 C packed brown sugar                2 C Powdered Sugar 

Step 1:

In a sauce pan melt butter.

Stir in brown sugar, bring to a boil.

Boil for 2 minutes stirring constantly.

Add milk slowly.

Stir slowly until mixture boils again.

Step 2:

Remove from heat, and cool.

Add powdered sugar, beat until creamy.

Add a dash of hot water if icing becomes to stiff.

Done!

super yummy in the tummy tum tum.

I made my moms Zucchini Bread!

So delicious. 

I made this because I bought a zucchini instead of a cucumber.

I still have a zucchini left. long story.

But now I at least have zucchini bread too. :)

Also, super simple

Ingredients:

3 eggs                 1 tsp salt

2 C sugar           1 tsp soda

1 C vegetable oil             1 tsp baking powder

3 C grated Zucchini (it's about 2 medium zucchinis)

1 tsp cinnamon             2 tsp vanilla

3 C flour

Step 1:

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

mix all ingredients together.

Step 2:

Pour into greased loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hr.

I had 3 small loaf pans.. I baked it for 45 minutes and it turned out good.

Done!

Tastes best right out of the oven... so heavenly.

I did a Pumpkin Cake Cook-Off

My family has a family cookbook. I have it at college.

The dilemma I came across is..

both of my aunts, who are great cooks, had different pumpkin bar/cake recipes.

I made them both and had my friends come try and rate them.

The consensus was that cake #1 was a yummier cake.

Cake #2 had better frosting. But both #1 and #2 were super delicious. 

Cake Number 1:

INGREDIENTS:

              1 C Oil                       2 C canned pumpkin

2 C flour                             2 C sugar

4 eggs- beaten               1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder                2 tsp cinnamon

            1/2 tsp salt                  1/4 tsp ground cloves

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg             1/4 tsp ground ginger

DIRECTIONS:

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine ingredients and mix well. Pour into a greased jelly roll pan. 

Bake 25-30 minutes.

Frost when completely cool.. slightly chilled.

FROSTING:

6  oz. Cream cheese               3/4 stick butter

1 3/4 C powdered sugar                    1 tsp vanilla

1 Tbsp milk or cream

mix until smooth and spread on cooled pumpkin bars.

Cake Number 2:

INGREDIENTS:

4 eggs            1 1/2 C sugar

3/4 C oil             15 oz can pumpkin

mix until smooth.

          2 C flour                            2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp baking powder                    1 tsp baking soda

                 1 tsp salt                 1 box instant vanilla pudding

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix in the rest of the ingredients. 

Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Frost when completely cool... slightly chilled

FROSTING

8 oz. cream cheese                1 1/2 C powdered sugar

2 Tbsp soft butter                           1/2 tsp vanilla

combine, add milk if needed.

Spread on cooled pumpkin bars.

DONE!

It was super fun spending my day making these with Megan.

I also love eating, and spreading the joy of eating treats. :)

It definitely "wooed" the men. jk. But they enjoyed the idea.

I Made My Mom's Amazing Carrot Cake!

My mom's carrot cake, is amazing.

Seriously the only carrot cake I will eat. 

INGREDIENTS

2 C Sugar                           4 Eggs

2 Cups Flour                1 1/2 C Oil

2 tsp Baking Soda        3 Cups Grated Carrots

2 tsp Cinnamon               1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Salt                           1 tsp Allspice

PROCESS 

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Combine dry ingredients. Stir in eggs, oil, and carrots.

Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Bake for 35-40 min. (until toothpick comes out clean.)

Cool.

FROSTING

Mix Until Smooth:

1 pkg cream cheese, softened. (8 oz)

16 oz powdered sugar

1/2 C butter, softened.

1 tsp Vanilla

DONE! 

and it is SOOOOOO delicious. 

Everyone Loved it.

DIY Braided T-shirt Scarf

Yup, I did another scarf.

This time it is a braided one.

Supplies:

1-2 t-shirts.

scissors

Step 1:

Cut off hem.

cut shirt into wides strips horizontally.

Step 2:

Stretch them out

Step 3:

Take 2 loops put together.

Take 2 more loops, put together.

attach these together. 

Step 4:

Braid both sides. 

To finish off braid, loop the ends around each other to form a type of knot. 

Step 5:

To each end of these attach another loop.

To the end of one of these loops, attach 2 more loops.

Braid this. 

Step 6:

Take the hem that was cut off, cut it so it is in a strip, not a loops.

tie this around both ends to connect your scarf into a loop.

Done!

you can double, triple,  or quadruple loop it!

Also.. bracelet. I followed my Other T-shirt scarf idea, but smaller with a shirt sleeve.

I did Photography in VA

Thank you to my Models Dain and Megan

For Indulging me on an early Saturday Morning.