Saturday, June 23, 2012

Deep Dish and Devil's Food

 Company for dinner. Made deep dish vegetarian mushroom pizza. The dough is great:

DOUGH:  2 cups warm water, 4 1/2 tsp instant yeast, 1/2 cup olive oil, tsp kosher salt,  5 1/2 cups flour.  Mix all at once. Should be very soft. Let rise till doubled. Then punch down. Will rise again very quickly. Divide into two and press into greased pizza pans, or two cookie sheets.  Pile toppings of your liking on top and bake at 450 degrees about 18 minutes. Bakes beautifully.
 Devil's Food Cake: Quick and easy. Take a golden cake mix, throw in about 5 large tablespoons of cocoa , a cup of sour cream, 1/2 cup oil, splash or two of water, 4 eggs. Beat all together, pile batter into a greased bundt pan. Bake about 40  minutes. Let cool, slice as you wish, cover with whip cream and sweetened strawberries, or any other nice fruit.  Very quick. Everyone seems to like it.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Sour Cream Cake with gooey Centre

 This is good for company, church potlucks, whatever. You can top it with ice cream, whipped cream, berries, or serve as a brownie.

SOUR CREAM DEVIL's FOOD CAKE
1 package devil's food cake mix
1 package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup,maybe a tad more, warm water
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Combine everything , except chips, in mixing bowl and beat till smooth. Add a bit more warm water to make the batter smooth, not stiff. Pour half of batter into a 13x9 inch veggie sprayed pan.
 Pile the chocolate chips on top of the batter. Then top with remaining batter.
 Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes. Check at 30 minutes to see if it is done....add time if needed .
         Yummy yummy. Cut into small pieces to freeze for a later date. Serve to some lucky guests....