EASY CAKE

I stumbled upon an easy cake recipe that tastes great.

1 store bought cake mix

10 oz of soda (don't use diet)

Blend with hand mixer, and bake according to directions on the box.

So I bought a chocolate cake and I opened a 12oz can of cream soda. I drank about two ounces of the soda and then I mixed the cake mix with the remaining soda. I baked divided the batter between two 8 inch pans and baked according to the directions on the back of the box.

I let it cool and frosted it. The result is pictured below.

So as a rule to thumb, for white or yellow cakes use a clear soda such as Sprite or 7Up and for a chocolate cake use a cola such as Coke or root beer.

Flax Seed Goo

Flax Seed Goo has been a good egg substitute. I have used it in sweet breads, cakes from scratch, pizza dough and casseroles that require egg.

1/3 cup GROUND flax seed

1 cup water

Mix together throughly.

3 Tbls. of flax seed goo = 1 egg.

Left over can be refrigerated (up to one week) for later use.

Makes the equivalent of 4-5 eggs.

Sugar Cookies! YEAH!!!

Last month we were invited to a Valentine's Day party that included decorating sugar cookies. Both Jemma and I were on a mission to find a sugar cookie recipe that did not include milk or egg. We were amazed at what we found:

http://www.johnandkristie.com/archives/2005/10/perfect_sugar_c.html

This is by far the best sugar cookie recipe I have ever had, even compared to the milk/egg ones! The trick is to not make them too thick or thin and not over cook them. I absolutely had to include the link to this amazing website, they are a godsend!

Wacky Cake Revisited

My sister and I have made this cake so often now that we can probably make it without even looking at the recipe. What we have failed to tell everyone is that it is a dense cake which has worked great for decorating. Attached are some of the cakes we have made with Wacky Cake.

Cupcakes decorated with Oreos and dairy free yellow icing using a "leaf tip."

Both the monkey cake and the train cake were decorated by our wonderful brother-in-law, Justin who does cake decorating as a hobby.