kara's kitchen 101: July 2012

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Great Grandma Lindsey's Chocolate Cake

Every year at Daddy's birthday, and usually around Reagan's, we make this chocolate cake. TRUST ME! It's much better than ANY mix and way worth the time! :) Tonight we are celebrating birthdays with giving presents, eating Israeli Salad, Swedish Chicken, and Watermelon, followed by Cake and Ice Cream!!! YUMMO!!! Enjoy!

Cream

1/2 cup crisco

2 cups sugar

and 1/2 cup cocoa

Add

1/2 cup buttermilk

11/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 level cups regular flour

then add

1 cup boiling water (let cool for a few minutes after adding, and alternate the hot water and flour-- it gets

really thick if you don't)

add 2 beat eggs

and 1 tsp. vanilla

Bake 325

I use Duncan Hines' icing, but if you want to make it homemade:

Glace

1 cup butter, 3/4 cup sugar, milk to moisten, Beat when thick

KarasKitchen

My inspiration for this blog comes from working diligently on a project for my sister-in-law which was a family cookbook like the one my sister made for me for my wedding present. I've compiled some of my own tried and true recipes as well as collected a few from my hubby's side of the family.

My inspirations in my cooking world have come from my Mama, my Meemee, my sister Laura, and Chef Pam. My Mama always made great meals growing up and still does. My Meemee taught me a few of the basics about growing my own veggies and how to cook them, except that I forgot all of that so Mom's teaching me again now! My sister Laura makes everything seem easier with her own ways of doing things. Finally, I took cooking lessons for a few months with Chef Pam and learned a few tricks of the trade. Chef Pam is the head Chef at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. I'm hoping my bro-in-law, John will help me add a few more. He's into Thai/Chinese/Sushi stuff.