I’ve lost count of how many of you have tried this icing since I first brought it to Southern Plate back in 2008 on Red’s birthday cake. Our family tradition has us putting it over a yellow cake but the combination of chocolate brownies paired with this old fashioned boiled icing is a whole new level of old fashioned decadence – so much so that I’m devoting a whole new post to it!
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Blue Ribbon Brownies – From Susan Spencer Ingredients1 cup shortening 4 eggs 4 squares unsweetened baker’s chocolate 2 cups sugar 1 ½ cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup nuts 1 ½ teaspoon salt InstructionsMelt shortening and chocolate together. Sift flour, salt and [...]
This recipe is from my dear mother. She is 75 years young. She taught me all I know about cooking.
Pin it I’ll never forget the first time I had homemade, real, hot chocolate, made on the stove and not with a mix. Although we made our own mix from scratch (and it was delicious) there was just something about that extra chocolaty decadence of classic hot chocolate, with that little extra bit of cocoa [...]
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Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing (And why you are a good Mama if your cake is ugly) Ingredients1 Box any flavor of chocolate cake mix (I use Duncan Hines) 1 Cup sour cream 1/2 Cup milk 1/4 Cup oil 3 eggs 1-2 tsp butter flavoring (can substitute [...]
Pin it This morning I was making biscuits when my daughter announced that she wanted chocolate for breakfast. Hey, the gal is smart. Even at the tender age of three, she knows what she needs. As I mixed up my biscuit dough, I had one of those light bulb moments – chocolate gravy. Its one [...]
Pin it In the age of outlandish holidays with ever growing price tags, just about everyone appreciates a heartfelt gift personally made for them. Gift mixes are an excellent way of doing this. Baked goods are always well liked, but mixes offer even more time saving convenience on the part of the giver and give [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Coca Cola Cake Ingredients1 package plain white cake mix 4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 8 Tablespoons (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted 1 cup coca cola ½ cup buttermilk (Or substitute 1/2 C whole milk with a T of lemon juice stirred in) 2 large eggs 1 [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Butterfinger Cake Ingredients1 box devil’s food cake mix 1 bottle caramel topping 1 can Condensed milk 1 large tub cool whip 1 Butterfinger barInstructionsPrepare cake according to package directions. Immediately after removing cake from oven, poke several holes all over the top with a fork. Mix sweetened condensed milk [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Chocolate Cobbler Ingredients1 Cup self Rising Flour 3/4 Cup sugar 2 Tablespoons Cocoa 1/2 Cup Milk 1 teaspoons Vanilla 2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar 1/4 Cup Cocoa 1 3/4 Cup hot tap water 1 Cup chopped pecans (optional)InstructionsMix together flour, sugar, and cocoa. Add milk, vanilla, [...]
Pin itI’m a member of a blogging community called “Tuesdays With Dorie”. Each Tuesday we make a specific dish out of Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook and post a photo of it on our blog. One of the rules is that we can’t post the actual recipe, to encourage folks to get the book for themselves. This [...]
Pin it Alright, technically this recipe does not fit the usual fare for what I am establishing on this site. However, who doesn’t love those big old cookies we get in the mall? Southerners do, I’m sure! Since I made one last night, why not post the tutorial? This is the quick and easy version. [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze IngredientsCHOCOLATE POUND CAKE: 3 sticks margarine or butter 3 teaspoon vanilla 3 Cup sugar 1/2 Cup Cocoa 5 Eggs 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder 3Cups All Purpose Flour 1 Cups Milk GLAZE: 1 1/2 Cup Sugar 7 Tablespons Milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 Tablespoon [...]
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Easiest Ever Creamed Corn – Oh My Word Good!
Summer Corn Salad – and THANK YOU for being the “real” reality!
(EASY) Candied Dill Pickles ~ From Julie Hutson
Beefed Up Baked Beans – (and a conversation about nicknames)
Granny’s Chow-Chow ~ From Joyce Bacon
Tomato Mozzarella Melts – and our Hallmark movie road trip
