Our Family Recipes

This is our favorite cake, it is hands down the best chocolate cake we have ever had. 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 6 tbsp cocoa 2 tsp soda 1 tsp salt I mix these all together then add: 2 tsp vinegar 3/4 cup oil 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups cold water Mix and pour into cake pan. Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes, depends on the humidity, if it is raining it has to cook for 40 min. if not 30 or 35 so start with 30 minutes. Cream Cheese Frosting 1 8 oz. package cream cheese 1 square butter (1/2 cup butter) or margarine 2 tsp. vanilla 1 pkg powder sugar. Mix well.

This is a new recipe to us, but we have really enjoyed it. 1 lb. Hamburger 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 (8 0z.) can tomato sauce 1 tbsp mustard 1/4 cup brown sugar (to taste) 1/4 cup ketchup 1 can sliced mushrooms 2 cloves minced garlic 1 tbsp worchestersire sauce 1 tsp season all 1/2 tsp tabasco sauce Brown hamburger with onion, garlic, season all, worchstershire sauce. Drain grease. Add remaining ingredients and simmer.

Mild and tangy sloppy joe mix. Great for lunch or watching the ball games. 20min/5/min/prep/SERVES 4 1 lb lean ground beef 1/3 cup catsup 1 tablespoon brown sugar 2 teaspoons vinegar 1 teaspoon prepared mustard 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 garlic powder 1 can chicken gumbo soup (undiluted) 4 hamburger buns, toasted 1. Crumble beef in 2 quart microwave casserole dish. (I did mine in a skillet on the stove.) 2. Cook on High power (100%) for 3-5 minutes, stirring to break up meat, once or twice. 3. Drain hamburger. Add the remaining ingredients except for buns. 4. Blend well and heat on High power for about 3 minutes, or until very hot and heated through. 5. Spoon meat mixture onto buns and serve. This is a variation of Lora's Sloppy Joes