Chocolate Glossed Brown Sugar Cake

                                                                       

One very pretty cake & pretty darn good too!

Soft moist cake with a rich chocolate coating! This is elegant & delicious. This cake & candy topping is very easy but the results look & taste like you worked hard! ENJOY!

CAKE:

1 Cup Shortening

8 TBS Butter Softened

3 Eggs

2 Cups Brown Sugar

1 Cup Coffee COOLED

1 Tsp. Vanilla

3 Cups Flour

1 Tsp. Salt

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1 Heaping Cup Chocolate Chips

Spray & Flour 1 tube pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a deep bowl beat the shortening & butter until fluffy. Add the brown sugar & beat again. Now add the eggs & the vanilla & beat Again. Scrape the sides & the bottom of the bowl to get all the ingredients mixed into your batter. Now stir the flour, salt & baking powder together. Add 1/3 to your batter & beat on low. Add 1/3 of the cooled coffee & beat then 1/3 of the flour mixture, beat then the rest of the coffee & beat, then add the remaining flour & beat!  Now stir in by hand the chocolate chips. Spoon batter into your prepared pan! Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour, test to make sure your cake is baked all the way through. Cake should spring back when touched & an inserted toothpick should come out clean. Let cake cool 10 minutes then run a knife along the inner & outer edges, place your plate over the top of the cake & invert. cake will slide right out! Let Cool & the coat with the following candy coating!

CANDY COATING:

2 Cups of good quality melting chocolate ( I used Wilbur's Melting Wafers) even good quality chocolate chips will work!

4 TBS Butter

1 Tsp Vanilla 

Dash of Salt

1 & 2/3 Cups Powdered Sugar

Milk enough to get a good spreadable texture I used about 4 TBS!

Melt Chocolate & Butter together until melted & smooth. I did this in the microwave on melt setting stirring 1/2 way thru & again at the end. Once Melted stir in your salt & vanilla. Now stir in your powdered sugar then enough milk to get a soft but not runny spreadable texture. Spread over the cake & down the sides then drizzle some over the cake to make it pretty. Let cool & it sets into a firm but soft candy coating! This is DELICIOUS!

The Devil Made Me Do It Again Snicker Brownies

                                                                         

Just look at these thick, rich, chewy brownies! Perfect for you chocoholics!

BROWNIES

1&1/3 Cup Butter Softened

2&2/3 Cups Sugar

4 Eggs

1 TBS Vanilla

2 Cups Flour

1 Cup Cocoa I used Hersheys Special Dark Baking Cocoa

1/2 Tsp Salt

1 Bag of Snickers Baking Bits I think it is a 12 ounce bag. Or use your favorite candy chopped.

Spray a 9x13 pan with baking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large deep mixing bowl beat the butter until fluffy. Add sugar & beat again. Add eggs one at a time beating after each one. Add the vanilla & beat again. Stir the flour, cocoa & salt together & then slowly beat into your butter mixture. Beat until everything is blended well. Now stir in those baking bits! Spoon into your prepared pan & bake about 30 minutes but check batter by inserting a cake tester, if you see wet batter return to the oven. Mine took 50 minutes to bake! Let cool & frost with the following frosting.

FROSTING

6TBS Softened Butter

1&1/2 Cups melted chocolate chips milk or semi sweet I used milk chocolate

Beat the two together until fluffy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla a dash of salt & about 4 cups powdered sugar with enough milk to get the consistency you desire. I used about 6 Tablespoons of milk. Spread on the cooled brownies. Cut into generous squares & dig in! 

Peanut Butter & Marshmallow Breakfast Treat

                                                                       

Not so much a recipe as this is an idea! Skip Poptarts & Toaster Strudels & make these up fresh & yummy! Take 1 English Muffin or bagel & lightly toast in your toaster oven. Now spread with your favorite Peanut Butter or even Nutella. Top with Marshmallows I use 2 for each half. Pop back in the toaster oven & toast until Marshmallow is lightly browned & puffy! Remove from toaster oven & sprinkle with some Cinnamon. Let cool slightly & CHOMP! I have eaten these from childhood on up & they are delicious!