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I am really excited about today's topic! I love to bake and cook and really love to find new recipes!!

Day Four

For Valentine's Day I {LOVE} To Bake/Cook/etc...

These are my two favorite cakes that I love to bake.  The first is from my mom's friend, she gave me the recipe at one of my bridal showers and it is oh so yummy!  The second cake I got the recipe from a friend on facebook!  Once you try them you will agree that it may be the best cakes ever! :)

 

 

Cold Oven Pound Cake

You need:

2 sticks margarine

1/4 cup Crisco

3 cup sugar

5 eggs (add one at a time)

1/4 teaspoon of baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 teaspoon lemon

3 cups all purpose flour

1 cup of milk

pinch of salt

to make:

- Do not preheat the oven

- cream the margarine, crisco and sugar first

- add one egg at a time, mix well after each

- After all ingredients are mixed well, pour into a greased bundt cake pan (i love my pampered chef pan!!)

- Place in cold oven and turn to 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes

- let stand for 10-15 minutes before taking out

- I also make a lemon glaze to put over it...i don't know how much I use, put i just combine lemon and confection sugar

Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

You need:

1 box Duncan Hines yellow cake mix (without pudding in mix)
1 small box vanilla instant pudding
4 eggs
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup water
12 oz mini choc chips

To make:

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees

- Mix all the ingredients except chocholate chips together

-Add chips and mix for 4 minutes

-Put in greased bundt cake and back for 50 minutes to an hour

Dont these look yummy! Makes me want to make something this weekend! :)