Red Velvet Cake

photo credit: Trisha Yearwood (I didn't have my own pic)

After I married a southerner, a few items were added to our meals at Thanksgiving including this Red Velvet Cake. This recipe is adjusted to my liking from the Barnesville Church of the Nazarene Cookbook - Barnesville, Georgia

Sift Together. Set Aside.

2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 TBS cocoa powder

Cream together

1 1/2cups white sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 3/4 cup vegetable oil  (i use 1/2c coconut oil & 1 1/4c peanut oil)
2 eggs

Fold in dry ingredients

Mix in

1 tsp. vinegar
2oz red food coloring
1 tsp vanilla


Turn into 3 greased and floured 8-inch circle pans.

Bake at 350degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Frosting
8 0z cream cheese
1/2c. softened butter
3 1/4 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Garnish with pecans or to your own taste.

Enjoy!

Elaine's Pumpkin Pie

The Best Pumpkin Pie Ever!

2 - 9inch pie crusts

3 1/2 C. pumpkin puree (29 oz)  - I used fresh pumpkin
1 1/2c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
4 eggs well beaten
3 TBS melted butter
2 TBS molasses
1 TBS pumpkin pie spice*
1 1/4 teas salt
1 1/2c rich milk or evaporated milk undiluted
1 TBS flour


Bake 450 degrees for 10 min.
Reduce to 325 degrees for 50 min.

*no pumpkin pie spice? Try this:

Spices for two pies

   4 teas ground cinnamon
   2 teas. ground ginger
   1 teas. ground cloves


Enjoy!

GGMandy


I Shared this recipe at Our Growing Edge

Christmas Program Stories

This post is inspired by a prompt from Reflections of a Mother's Heart

The prompt was "Have you ever been in a Christmas program?"

“I feel like an upside down bumble bee!”

When I think of Christmas programs, I am often reminded of one from early on in my childhood. We attended Bethany UMC in North Canton. One small boy got up to say his part and promptly forgot it. What came out was, “I feel like an upside down bumble bee.”

Cinnamon Rolls and Christmas Carols

This post is inspired by a prompt from Reflections of a Mother's Heart

The prompt was "Tell about a Christmas tradition"

My life centers around music and baking. These are two of the things that bring joy into my life. Ask anyone and they'll say, you could usually find me in the kitchen baking and singing... even in the college dormitory. And this is what makes Christmas the most joyful time of the year for me. 

I shared last week about baking cookies. To me there is nothing better than making cookies. It's just good therapy. It’s something I did every time I got a chance when I was growing up and  I don’t recall there being any complaints when I did. I still love to mix up a batch of cookies now and again.

The other divine delectable that I love to create is cinnamon rolls. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Cinnamon. There is nothing better than cinnamon. The smell. The taste. It’s just good .. Oh so good. And this is the Christmas tradition I want to share today. Cinnamon Rolls.

Just a few days before Christmas, we would begin the process of making sweet cinnamon rolls. Pans of them. Dozens of pans of cinnamon rolls iced and topped with green and red candied cherries for that Christmas-y look.