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October 19, 2009 · 8:47 pm

Park Avenue Bars

If you are watching your weight DO NOT make these bars!! They are so good you cannot stop yourself.

This recipe is from my friend Debbie. She is a great cook and is always bringing something good to school. I e-mailed her and said, ” I want that recipe for whatever you brought to school last Christmas. I cannot remember what’s in it . I just remember that it was delicious.” That gave her alot to go on. We are lucky to get this with that kind of information. In spite of my memory Debbie came through for me.

All right so I am baking these bars with very limited time. It is 10:00 and I have to take them to my tennis match by 2:00. Everything that could go wrong does. I pulled out the cake mix and the use by date had expired by 2 weeks. Just for me I would have used it, but with my luck no telling what would have happened!! Now a trip to the grocery. Thanks goodness I pulled out everything else that I would need including the pan. Oh, wait there is NO PAN. Forgot I had thrown it away. Just for your information don’t make lasagna in an aluminum pan because after so many years the tomato sauce will eat holes in it. So GI Joe is off to the store to buy a pan and a cake mix. He does not shop. He knows nothing about baking pans. After 15 minutes on the phone we settle for the heavy duty Wilton pan. Just remember that when you are baking in a dark pan to turn the oven down 25 degrees. I didn’t!! Almost burned! I did make it to my match on time with the bars and they were enjoyed.

Thanks to Debbie for the recipe . Here it is for you to enjoy, too.

1 stick of melted butter

Butter Recipe Cake Mix

1 egg

1 cup chopped Pecans

Mix with wooden spoon

Place in a 9 x 13 in. pan

Spread in the pan

1 box powdered sugar, 2 eggs, 8 oz cream cheese

Mix with mixer

Pour on top of cake mixture

When using a dark pan like this one make sure that you lower your oven temperature by 25 degrees. I failed to do this and they were very nearly burned!!!

Park Avenue Bars - Wonderful !

Here is the recipe. Enjoy!

Park Avenue Bars

1 Duncan Hines Butter Yellow cake mix
1 stick butter melted
3 eggs
1 cup chopped nuts
1 box powdered sugar
8 oz. cream cheese softened

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 in. baking dish. Mix by hand the cake mix, 1 egg, melted butter and chopped pecans. Press down into bottom of greased baking dish. Set aside. Mix well in mixer powdered sugar, 2 eggs, and cream cheese. Pour on top of crust . Bake about 40 min. (until the top is golden brown). Cool before cutting.

Happy Cooking,

The Teacher Cooks

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September 22, 2009 · 11:12 am

The Best Ever Chocolate Sheet Cake

A Chocolate Lovers Dream!!

The last two days here have been bad!! I am praying for all the families that have lost loved ones in this horrible rain. We have been very blessed, but I can tell you first hand what it is like to have your house flooded. It is just stuff, though. Anyway…….. We need something to make us all feel better so let’s talk chocolate. This is my GO TO dessert for company, ALTA, potluck, parties and brunch. You get the picture. It works for most any event. I promise you all your friends and family will love it!!!

I first became acquainted with this special cake when I was a new teacher in Wilkinson County. Marjoe Baisden gave me her version. Since then I have tweaked it a bit. So here it is for you to just put your face into it if you want to. That is what GI Joe wants to do every time that I make it. He likes it hot with vanilla ice cream, but I have seen him eat right out of the pan with a spoon.

Yummy Chocolate Sheet Cake

2 cups sugar
2 cups self rising flour
2 sticks of butter
1 cup water
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix dry ingredients. In saucepan melt butter, cocoa and water on low heat. Add to dry ingredients. Mix. (DO NOT use a mixer) Slightly beat eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Add to mixture. Mix. Pour into a 15 x 10 x 1 in. jelly roll pan that has been greased and floured. Bake about 20 min. at 400 degrees.

Frosting

1 stick butter
3 Tablespoons cocoa
5 Tablespoons milk
1 box powdered sugar
1 cup chopped pecans

Melt butter, cocoa, and milk. Do this on low heat. If heated at too high a temperature the butter will clarify making your icing separate. Add to sugar and nuts. Mix. Frost cake while hot. Place icing by the tablespoon all over the cake then smooth out the frosting. This will keep from tearing the cake as you frost it. Here are pictures to guide you along. Enjoy!