Banana Cake

The Banana Cake was a hit last Saturday with my family. For an extra treat, top it with strawberries.

Banana Cake Recipe by Carol

1/2 c margarine

2 eggs

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 c sour milk(sour milk: 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar, fill to 1/2 c with milk)

1 c bananas (3-4 bananas mashed with fork

1 1/2 c sugar

2 1/4 c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Blend in mixing bowl margarine and sugar. Add eggs, flour, baking powder, baking soda, sald , milk, vanilla and bananas. Mix for four minutes with electric mixer. Pour into 2 greased and floured 8 inch square or round cake pans. You can also use a 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Test by inserting a toothpick into the middle of cake. It should come out clean. Cake is done. Let cool, then ice with butter cream icing.

French Onion Soup

A few weeks ago we came up with an idea that we would try a different soup on Sundays and we are having fun with that. Yesterday, we made French Onion soup courtesy of a bag mix that we picked up in our local Amish community. We added fresh bread squares or croutons to the bowl before adding the soup and topped with Monterey jack cheese. I toasted the soup in the broiler and topped with spiced paprika.

Taffy Apple Pizza ala mode

Thursday night we decided to make a Taffy Apple Pizza dessert while the kids were enjoying Spring Break. The recipe is a Pampered Chef recipe with a few different spins. First we used an Amish peanut butter instead of plain or crunchy. Next we drizzled additional caramel and scattered crushed honey roasted peanuts over the caramel. Finally, we topped with a scoop of ice cream.

Recipe on PamperedChef.com