A Southern Classic! Strawberry Sheet Cake With Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting {Granny's Recipe}

Strawberry Sheet Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting is an easy, quick version of the Strawberry Cake from the sixties my Mother made.  She used the classic ingredients, white cake mix, strawberry jello, and a carton of sweetened frozen strawberries. Mother's Day is Sunday, and I would like to give tribute to my Mother with this wonderfully delicious Classic Strawberry Cake recipe of her's.

Italian Cream Coconut Cake

Italian Cream Coconut Cake is layers of  moist coconut cake covered in rich coconut pecan cream cheese icing.  A   dream come true for coconut lovers! ITALIAN CREAM CAKE The Italian Cream Cake brings all the flavors and flair of a showstopper cake, perfect for celebrations or whenever you want a treat that feels festive. 1973, I worked for the Texas Railroad Commission in an office with several talented cooks.  I was in my twenties, had just finished college, and was still living at home, so my cooking skills were still being developed, to say the least.   Once a month, we would have a birthday celebration for the employees of that month.  Everyone would bring a covered dish of some sort. When you hear "covered dish," you already know what I mean about the kind of food we have to labor over.  You know it had to be hard work eating a serving from everyone's dish.  (giggles) I wanted every recipe for the dish someone brought, but not as much as...

Decadent German Chocolate Pound Cake {Granny's Recipe}

German Chocolate Pound Cake , luscious rich pound cake made with Baker's German Sweet Chocolate and dusted with a little powdered sugar to make it decadent. When you see recipes for German Chocolate Pound Cakes , you usually see them made with a cake mix.  

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake With A Broiled Coconut Pecan Icing {Granny's Recipe}

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake , dense, moist cake with a broiled coconut pecan icing that will remind you of baked oatmeal with icing on it. Did you know that January is National Oatmeal Month ?   Another thing you might not know is that there is more oatmeal eaten in the month of January than any other month.

Apple Snack Cake With Brown Sugar Glaze

Apple Snack Cake , cake batter that has all the components of a traditional fresh apple cake but small enough to bake in an oblong pan. Fresh apples, butter, cinnamon, sour cream, and brown sugar makes the cake sweet but not too sweet and very moist, and the Brown Sugar Glaze ups the deliciousness! I am always on the lookout for apple cake recipes .  The apples in the cake make for a moist and delicious cake, especially if you are using different kinds of apples in them.

Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pound Cake

The Buttermilk Pound Cake recipe goes way back to the 50s when my Mother started making it. The star of the pound cake is the buttermilk. LEMON BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake is the ideal dessert for lemon lovers.  The hot lemon syrup poured over the cake is the secret to a moist, buttery dessert the whole family will love. One of my favorite and dearest recipes, which my Mother passed down to me, is this delicious Lemon Buttermilk Pound Cake .   What is so special about pound cake is that serving it in many different ways is great. My husband likes his fresh out of the oven slathered with butter. My favorite is to put a big dollop of whipped cream and sliced strawberries on it. Mother, on occasion, would serve it with a wonderful lemon sauce and chocolate sauce. Sometimes, I talk myself into believing that this cake is low in calories and healthy when you eat it plain. Well, it doesn't have any  icing ? Or "grins"!

Traditional Red Velvet Cake

When you think of a showstopper cake for Valentine's, Red Velvet Cake comes to mind.  It's a beloved flavor of the South.    Waldorf Astoria Cake Red Velvet cake, sometimes called a Waldorf Astoria Cake, is a wonderfully delicious cake with traditional vintage frosting. Red velvet cake is a signature dessert made famous at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City during the 1920s.  I think its popularity has come back in the last few years. I must say this is one of the most challenging cakes I have made, but it is so worth the trouble to make it.  The recipe I most like to use for the cake is from Bobby Flay because it makes a large cake.   More times than not I make it with a buttercream icing, but this vintage icing is traditional. WHERE CAN I FIND THE RECIPE?  TAKE ME TO THE RECIPE FOR TRADITIONAL RED VELVET CAKE Below, under the next heading, I give a list of preferred ingredients, tips, and cooking instructions for Traditional Red Velvet C...