Fun recipies for fun girls

MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Preheat oven 360 degrees.  Grease two 9 inch baking pans and set aside.
In the large bowl of the standing mixer.  Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa,
baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter
and vanilla extract;  Beat 2 minutes on medium speed.  Stir in boiling water. 
Pour batter evenly between the two pans and bake on middle rack of oven
for 30 - 35 minutes, until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.  Cool 
completely on wire racks before frosting.  Frosting is optional.



DUMP CAKE

1 box yellow cake mix
1 cube butter melted
2 ( 21 oz) raspberry pie filling
2 ( 11 oz ) mandarin oranges drained


Mix cake mix with melted butter.  Set aside.
spray bottom of crock-pot with nonstick cooking
spay.  Pour in crock-pot pie filling and oranges then
sprinkle on cake mix.  Cook on high for 2hrs or on low
for 4hrs.


FUDGE
4 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 pkg. semisweet chocolate chips
1 pint marshmallow
1 large can of evaporated milk
2 4-oz. Hershey bars
1 tbsp. vanilla
2 cups nuts optional

Mix together sugar, milk, butter, boil 10
minutes.  Stir constantly.  Remove from
heat and heat and stir in all ingredients
pour in greased pan and cool for 12
hrs.


CARMEL
2 cups of white sugar
1 cup evaporated
1 cup butter
1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 cup corn syrup


Grease 12 x 15 inch pan.  In a
medium sized pot, combine sugar,
brown sugar, corn syrup, evaporated
milk, whipping cream, and butter. 
Monitor the heat of the mixture with a
candy thermometer while stirring.  When
the temp. reaches 245-250 remove the pot
from the heat.  Stir in vanilla.  Pour into pan
and cut into squares wrap with parchment
paper.

                                                               





SPECIAL HOLIDAY TREAT
RED VELVET VALENTINE

1 box dark chocolate cake mix
or white cake mix
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1 small bottle of red food
coloring
1 tsp. vanilla extract
heart-shaped foil liners
chocolate shavings or chunks
of garnish

Mix together cake mix, eggs, milk, food
coloring, and vanilla. Pour batter into
heart-shaped special foil liners, filling
3/4 full.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 -18
minutes or until cakes are light
golden brown.  Remove from
oven and cool completely on
a wiring rack.

Frost and garnish with chocolate
shavings or chunks.

For frosting I would prefer

Chocolate ganache          Chocolate mousse
Chocolate butter cream     Whipped cream