Author: eatonedgecliff

Grandma Holzheimer’s Chocolate Cake

Chocolate, Desserts

Nancy Holzheimer

Bake a Duncan Hines dark chocolate cake mix in 2 round cake pans.  Let sit for 5 minutes.  Poke holes in and pour mixture of:

  • 1 small package cherry jello
  • ¾ cup hot water
  • ½ cup cold water

over cakes.  Refrigerate until set.

Frosting

  • 1 package instant chocolate pudding
  • 1 package dream whip
  • 1 ½ cups milk
  • 1 T. instant coffee

Beet until the desired consistency.

Cranberry Coffee Cake

Breakfast, Cranberries, Miscellaneous, Nuts

Ellen Bottiny

  • 1 10” pie plate
  • ¼ lb. butter
  • ½ cup walnuts
  • 2 cups fresh cranberries
  • 1 ½ cup sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1 t. almond extract
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup flour
  • pinch of salt

Grease pan.  Cover bottom with cranberries, walnuts, and ½ cup of the sugar.  Melt butter.  Stir in 1 cup of sugar and all other ingredients.  Pour batter over cranberries and walnuts.  Bake for 40 minutes in a preheated 350 oven.  (May take longer, watch for the middle to be done.

Apple Cake

Apple, Desserts, Nuts

Old family favorite.  Not sure where it came from originally.  I love the frosting.

  • -2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 t. baking soda
  • ¼ t. salt
  • 2 t. cinnamon
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ cup oil
  • 4 cups diced apples
  • 1 cup chopped nuts

Cream sugar and eggs together.  Add dry ingredients and mix.  Add vanilla, oil, apples and nuts.  Pour batter in greased 9 x 13 pan.  Bake for 45 -55 minutes in a 350 oven.

Topping

  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • 3 T. butter
  • 8 oz. Cream cheese
  • salt and vanilla

Fresh Fruit Tart

Desserts, Peaches, Strawberries

Shell

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 T. sugar
  • 6 T. butter
  • 1 egg yolk

Mix ingredients together.  Chill.  Roll on waxed paper and fit into tart or pie tin.  Prick all over and bake for 15 minutes in a 375 preheated oven.

Filling

  • 3 oz. Cream cheese
  • sour cream

Mix cream cheese and enough sour cream to get a spreadable consistency.  Spread this on top of cooled shell

Topping
Peach/Raspberry

  • 3 peaches
  • ½ pint raspberries
  • 2 T. cornstarch
  • 1/3 cup water
  • ¾ cup sugar

or
Strawberry

  • 1 quart strawberries
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 3 T. cornstarch
  • ½ cup water

Combine ingredients in pan and boil for 1 minute.  Look for color to change from opaque to clear.  Topping will thicken at boiling point.  Add more water if too thick.

Spread topping on top of tart and refrigerate

Chocolate Sugar Cookies

Chocolate, Desserts

Martha Stewart Living

  • 2/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup plus 1 ½ T. granulated sugar
  • 4 T. butter, cut into pieces
  • 1 t. pure vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup Dutch cocoa powder, sifted
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • Pinch of salt

1. Heat oven to 350.  In an electric mixer, combine brown sugar, 1/3 cup granulated sugar, butter, and vanilla, and mix on medium-high speed until well combined.  Add egg white, and mix until combined.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour, and salt.  Add to sugar and butter mixture, and mix on medium until flour is completely incorporated.  Turn this mixture out onto a piece of parchment or wax paper and roll into a 1 ¾ by 8 ½ inch log.  Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight.
3. Remove paper, and slice log crosswise into ¼ inch thick pieces.  Place remaining 1 ½ T. granulated sugar in a small bowl, and dip each piece of dough in sugar, coating all sides;  transfer to parchment-lined baking sheet 1 inch apart.  Bake about 14 minutes for chewy cookies;  for crisp cookies, bake 2 to 3 minutes longer.  Slide the paper and cookies onto a wire rack to cook completely.

To slightly reduce the number of calories in these cookies, coat just the edges with sugar.

Chocolate Fondue

Chocolate, Desserts
  • 16 ounces chocolate (milk, dark or semisweet) broken into pieces
  • 1/2 pint whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup caramel topping
  • 3 T. favorite liqueur

Place all ingredients in a ceramic fondue pot over low heat.  Stir constantly until the mixture is melted and smooth. Do not allow to bubble.  Suggestions for dipping: strawberries, bananas, apples, grapes, cherries. marshmallows, cream puffs, pound cake, nuts …