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February 23, 2011

Fading tulips, so beautiful. I <3 tulips.

February 18, 2011

Pumpkin Cake Recipe, my Moms, Also her fruit cocktail cake recipe

Mom’s Pumpkin Cake

2 C flour

2 C sugar

3 t cinnamon

½ t salt

3 t soda

mix and add 1 small can pumpkin and 1&1/2 crisco oil ( I use 1 cup, works fine)

Bake 1 hour at 300 in a bundt pan.

Frosting

6 oz cream cheese

½ stick margarine

8 oz powdered sugar

½ t vanilla

Mix, and frost,

Or just sprinkle cake with powdered sugar

These cake recipes were my Mom’s. She has been gone a long long time, since I was 23. Never forgotten, miss her so much. Hope you enjoy her recipes for cake.

Mom’s fruit Cocktail cake

2 C fruit cocktail

2 C flour

1& ½ C sugar

2 t soda

2 large eggs

beat well

Bake in a greased, floured rectangular pan 1 hour @300.

Filling/topping

½ C or 1 stick margarine

1 C sugar

6 or 7 oz can milk…Boil for 2 minutes, and pour over hot cake directly from oven.

Lemon Meringue Pie

5 T cornstarch

1 and 1/2 C sugar

3 C hot milk

5 T lemon juice

Grated peel of 1 lemon

1 - 9” pie shell

Meringue

Mix cornstarch and sugar in double boiler with hot milk and cook until thick and smoothe.

Cook covered 15 min. pour small amount of mixture in with 3 beaten egg yolks, then add at to the mixture ( to keep from curdling)

Add lemon Juice and peel. Mix well.

Pour into shell, top with meringue bake until lightly brown. ( 350 for 20 minutes)

I have moved my recipes form one convenient post because of thousands of takers each year, no one even say hi or thanks for sharing. I see who and where they are from everyday, but anyway, i just think it is rude. Don't you?

Best Cream Pie Fillings

Best Cream Pie Filling

¾ C sugar

½ C cornstarch or ½ C flour

dash salt

blend until smooth

Add gradually, 2 C scalded milk.

Cook in double boiler till thick

Add a small amount of mix to 3 slightly beaten egg yolks, then stir this into mixture. ( keeps eggs from curdling)

Cook 2 minutes and add 3 T margarine. Cool to lukewarm before pouring into shells.

Banana…slice bananas into bottom of shell, add filling, add bananas to top, then add meringue and bake till lightly brown.

Pineapple…omit ½ C milk in filling, before adding eggs, add ½ crushed pineapple with juice..top with meringue bake

Coconut….Stir ½ C shredded cocoanut into filling. Add meringue, and sprinkle top of meringue with some coconut, Bake till lightly brown. 325 for maybe 15 minutes.

I've moved my recipes because i have thousands take my recipes and never even say hi. I think that's pretty rude, so I'm moving them around. lol

World's Best Chocolate Pie

I have to tell you, my recipes get hit a lot. I had them all in one place, convenient for people to use, but I've had thousands of people use my recipes each year, thousands.... And never leave so much as a hi, thanks for sharing comment.

I'm pretty surprised, but it happens daily, hundreds a day actually, and I see on my site meter, who and where, and when.

Anyway, I thought it was kind of rude, so I decided to move my recipes around..

lol

My Best Pie Crust Mix,

This must be the most popular recipes on the internet, it is sure popular with friends who can now make pies!

( No one can fail to make good pie crust with this recipe)

8 C flour

3 C Crisco shortening

1 T salt

Cut ingredients. together in a large bowl, then store in an airtight container in frig until ready to us.

Then:

Use 1T ice water per ½ cup of mix …or…

1 crust uses 1 and 1/2 cups mix ( plus 3 T ice water)

Mix together in a bowl until dough makes a loose ball, roll on a lightly floured board. Makes 1- 9 inch pie shell.

The world's Best Chocolate Pie

( Warning! You will never eat chocolate pie away from home again!)

1 and ½ C sugar

4 heaping T Flour

8 T cocoa ( or 2 packets of redi blend)

1 t vanilla

3 C milk

3 egg yolks

½ stick margarine ( 2oz)

Mix sugar, flour and cocoa, add milk mixed with egg yolks, cook until thick.

Remove from heat, add margarine and vanilla

Pour into a baked 9 inch pie shell.

Make meringue from egg whites. Bake 20 minutes at 325.

February 17, 2011

The Rug Store. Langley WA. On Whidbey Island

Today I was on Whidbey Island and went to Langley to the rug store.
I love this place, i'm a nomad at heart.

But it is very expensive, Certainly worth the workmanship!
So much to see, what with beads; scarves, robes, rugs, yurt decor, hats, and more... that I get seriously overwhelmed.
But I do wish it were my store!