Crazy Cake

Submitted by Jennifer Black

This was at Super Saturday.

3 Cup flour
2 Cup sugar
1/3 Cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vinegar
2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 Cup oil
2 Cup water
1 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup chocolate chips

Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix vinegar, vanilla, oil and water. Add wet ingredients to the flour mixture and stir until mixed. Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle brown sugar and chocolate chips on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Lemon Cake

Submitted by Julie Twitchell

Have I got a lemon cake for you. This recipe came from a Taste of Homes recipe book back in 2004. It has a strong lemon flavor and is so delicous. The recipe calls for a cream cheese frosting, but my sister and I agree that it would be really good with just whipped cream or even plain.

1 pkg. lemon cake mix
4 eggs
1 can lemon pie filling

Cream cheese frosting:
8 oz. cream cheese at room temperature
1/2 cup butter
2-3 Cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Mix all ingredients together. Grease 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake as directed on cake mix package. Cool completely. Beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add vanilla extract. Slowly add powdered sugar until the consistency you want.

Cook's Note: You could make this in a bundt pan, cupcakes or even a cookie sheet to make a thinner cake.

Swiss Steak

Submitted by Julie Twitchell

I use to make swiss steak another way. I would brown the steaks in a frying pan, then add the tomatoes and soup mix and then cooked it on the stovetop for 1 hour. This is so much easier and the steak is much more tender. It only has 3 ingredients and it cooks in a crock pot. It is really delicious with Mashed Potatoes.

1 pkg. onion soup mix
1 quart of stewed tomatoes(I used my bottled tomatoes)
6 steaks (skillet steak, round steaks, etc)

Place steaks in the bottom of a crock pot. In a bowl, mix tomatoes and soup mix. At this point, I puree the tomato/soup mixture because no one in my family likes big tomato chunks. Pour mixture over steaks. Cook for 4-6 hours on low.