Beach glass. Shells.

Winthrop Washington, snow country

The great Columbia River.

Fading tulips, so beautiful. I <3 tulips.

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

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