Pin itI hope you’re all gearing up for a Happy Father’s Day. Today I thought I’d bring you a few recipes to help show your appreciation for all of the hard working dads in your life beginning with a few of my husband’s favorite dishes and treats! Homemade CinnaBuns Is the dad in your life [...]
Pin itI put a little video of me chatting with y’all at the bottom of this post. If you’re new here, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! I’d love to have you subscribe by email and please feel free to chat with the rest of the family in the comments section! I’ve had strawberries on the brain [...]
Pin it There is something about Christmas that makes a body pull all they hold dear close to their heart. Though it may seem to focus on material things on the onset, most of us quickly see right through the commercial aspects to the underlying motive of just wanting to show someone you love how [...]
Pin it Back in the old days (a whopping whole year ago) I tried not to let on when I was bringing you a recipe that I developed myself. I was afraid if y’all knew I had made it up, you wouldn’t want to try it! Now that we’ve settled in and become a big [...]
Pin it We have a VERY SPECIAL guest blogger today – my seven year old nephew, Lane! Let me tell ya, no one has ever been prouder to be on Southern Plate than him. I had no idea that he wanted to post until my sister said a few weeks ago “Lane thinks if he [...]
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 If you enjoy Southern Plate, please help support the site by telling your friends! Thank you so much! In the south, our menu selection changes entirely with the season, and each new season is something to be excited about. Right now, we’re all celebrating sunshine and heat, gardens and the outdoors. When the [...]
Pin itToday is the last day of school for us. While we’ve been living here a few weeks, there is still so much to be done. Clothes and dishes and such are put away but the walls still lay bare and unemptied boxes litter the sunroom which is supposed to be my Southern Plate office [...]
Pin it If you enjoy Southern Plate, please tell a friend! This is the second tutorial photographed at my new home. I just love photographing things in the sun room. Yesterday I opened a few windows out there and had the most wonderfully scented early summer breeze flowing through as I prepared this cake and [...]
Pin it I mentioned this cake a few posts back and promised I’d bring it to you because its one of my favorites. One of these days y’all are going to get tired of me saying that everything is my favorite but if you haven’t figured out that I really like food by now then [...]
Pin it We have an odd sense of humor in my family. Perhaps it’s not odd, really, so much as it is constant. We are forever looking to laugh in any given situation. I blame it entirely on my mother, who made sure each day growing up was filled with as much laughter as possible. [...]
My mother got this recipe from her grandmother, Mama Reed. Mama Reed had an expansive array of recipes but this cake was my mother’s favorite by far.
Pin it Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a regular aound most southern dinner tables and when I was a girl, it was even a regular in the school cafeteria! The flavor of a buttery cake, topped with brown sugar and that glazed slice of pineapple on top with a cherry in the center – whats [...]
Pin it This is my Dad’s favorite cake at Christmas time and Easter and its just divine beyond compare. Another great refrigerator cake, it can be made three days ahead of time and then left to sit in the fridge as it just grows moister with every passing minute. Coconut around the Holidays is a [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Better Than “Have You Lost Weight?” Cake Ingredients1 Cup flour (crust) 1 stick margarine or butter, melted (crust) 1/2 Cup chopped pecans (crust) 8 ounces cream cheese, softened (filling) 1 cup confectioner’s sugar (filling) 1 cup whipped topping (Buy a 12 ounce tub, reserve remainder for topping) (filling) Pudding [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake Ingredients1 pkg Angel Food Cake 1 pkg 3.5 ounce instant vanilla pudding mix (this is the small box and I always use sugar free) 2 Cups milk (can use skim) 1 (8 oz) carton whipped topping 1 pint fresh strawberries, washed and hulled InstructionsTrim brown [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Apple Skillet Cake Ingredients1/3 Cup margarine 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 Cup self rising flour 1/3 Cup evaporated milk 2/3 Cup sugar 5-6 apples, sliced and peeled. 3 T additional melted margarine 1/3 Cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1 egg, well beaten 1/3 Cup water pecansInstructionsMelt butter in skillet. Stir [...]
I often find with recipes, as with memories, it is the simple things which satisfy us the most. This recipe is the perfect example of that. A classic snack cake that is not too sweet, the simple ingredients make it a breeze to throw together. Add in the full flavor of locally grown apples (preferably from a family orchard trip!) and you can’t go wrong.
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Apple Dapple Cake Ingredients3 cup all purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup pecans, chopped 1 cup vegetable oil 2 cup sugar 3 eggs 2 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups raw apples, peeled and chopped fine Sauce: 1 cup packed brown sugar (for sauce) 1/4 cup milk [...]
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! Mandarin Orange Cake IngredientsCake: 1 box Yellow Cake Mix 1 (11 oz) can Mandarin oranges diced, undrained 4 eggs ½ cup oil Frosting: 1 sm. (3.4 ounce) Box instant vanilla pudding mix 1 (13 oz) cool whip 1 -8 ounce Can crushed pineapple, undrained InstructionsMix all cake [...]
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! Elvis Presley Cake IngredientsCAKE: 1 box yellow cake mix 1 (3-ounce) box vanilla pudding (not sugar free!) 4 eggs 1/2 cup oil 1 cup milk 1 (16-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained 1 cup sugar FROSTING: 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1 stick butter or margarine, softened 3 [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Fruit Cocktail Cake IngredientsCAKE: 2 Cups self rising flour 1 can fruit cocktail 2 unbeaten eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 ½ Cup sugar SAUCE: 1 stick margarine 1 can coconut 1 Cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 Cup evaporated milk 1 Cup pecans, choppedInstructionsMix all cake ingredients at low [...]
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Yellow Cake with Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Icing IngredientsDuncan Hines yellow cake mix, made according to package directions and cooled 1- 1/2 Cups sugar 7 Tablespoons milk 2 Tablespoons Shortening 2 Tablespoons margarine 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 Cup creamy Peanut ButterInstructionsCombine sugar, milk, shortening, margarine, and [...]
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Cornbread Stuffed Bell Pepper Rings – National Cornbread Finalist Recipe!
Delicious Roasted Asparagus (and other weird vegetables)
Fried Apples (Made from applesauce!)
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