Knottie Recipes

Zucchini Cake

3 eggs
1 cup salad oil
2 cups sugar
2 cups grated zucchini
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Beat eggs, salad oil and sugar until creamy.
Then blend in the remaining ingredients Grease and flour Bundt pan.
Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

We usually just put a glaze on it, using just powdered sugar and water.

Cheesecake

This was my most favorite cheescake in the world as a kid.  I always begged my mom to make it.  It was also the first cheesecake I ever had...and it is much lighter tasting then your typical cheesecake, which is what made me love it so.  It was passed on to my mom by a lady named Snow.

Crust:

• 2 sticks of butter
• 2 C. flour

Combine.  Press into bottom of 9x13 pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Filling:

Layer 1 - Combine 1 C. powdered sugar, 2 C. cool whip, and 2 bars of Cream Cheese.

Layer 2 - 2 Packages of instant pudding (made according to pgh instructions)

Layer 3 - Cool Whip.

Banana Cake

My brother made this for me once.  No clue where he got the recipe, but it was SO yummy.

• 2 C. white sugar
• 3/4 C. shortening
• 2 eggs
• 3 C. flour
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 2 t. baking powder
• 1 t. salt
• 1 t. vanilla
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 1/2 C. milk

1. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
2. Mix sugar, shortening, and eggs
3. Add part of milk and part of flour mixture to sugar mixture.
4. Beat well with mixer, then add vanilla.
5. Add rest of flour mixture and milk.
6. Beat some more!
7. Add bananas last, and mix.
8. Pour into a greased cake pan.
9. Back for 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake

So easy a child can make (and has made) it :) My mother made this nearly every year for us when we were kids, and I've now taught my nephews to make it.
Takes a few minutes to put together, an hour or so of baking time, plus about 45 minutes to cool

1 box chocolate fudge cake mix
1/2 c. water
1/2 c. vegetable oil
one 4-serving box instant chocolate pudding mix
1/2 pt. sour cream (I've used reduced-fat, fat-free, and regular)
12-oz. package semisweet chocolate morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix all ingredients with spoon. Bake in tube or Bundt pan for 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan for 45 minutes, then turn out. See how long it takes before it's gone.

Molten Chocolate Cakes

My one friend called these a Warm Rolo...I think that's really a
perfect description for them.

Molten Chocolate Cakes

1 1/4 Cups (2 1/2 sticks) butter
3/4 cups Semisweet chocolate chips
4 medium eggs
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
12 caramel candies
1/4 cup evaporated milk, divided

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease 12 muffin cups.
Combine butter and chocolate chips in double boiler. Cook, stirring
continually, until chocolate is melted. Let stand to cool slightly.

Combine eggs and sugar in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer
set at medium speed until thickened, about 5 minutes. Add flour
gradually, beating at low speed. Add chocolate mixture and beat until
thick and glossy, about 3 minutes.
Fill the prepared muffin cups two thirds full. Bake the cakes for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine caramels and 2 Tablespoons evaporated milk in a
double boiler. Cook, stirring continually, until caramels are melted.
SPoon 2 teaspoonfuls of caramel mixture into each muffin cup. Bake
for 8 minutes longer. Invert cakes onto individual serving plates.
Stir remaining evaporated milk into remaining caramel mixture. Serve
with warm cakes.

Apple Cake

This recipe came from my FI's Aunt Linda, a lot of the recipes I'm going to post come from her. :)

Apple Cake

4 cups apples, peeled and sliced
1 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar
2 well beaten eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup walnuts, chopped

Mix apples and sugar. Blend oil, eggs and vanilla and mix with apple mixture.
Mix dry ingredients and add to apple mixture.
Stir walnuts into mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees in greased 13x9 inch pan or Bundt pan.