Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
2 cups boiling water
2 teaspoons instant coffee
2-1/2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cocoa
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, melted
10 whole coffee beans
Coffee Liqueur Frosting

Method:
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9″x3″ round cake or springform pans, set aside.
Combine water and coffee, stirring until dissolved; cool and set aside.
Beat sugar, oil and eggs in a large mixing bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until well blended.
Add flour mixture alternately with coffee, beginning and ending with coffee. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
Pour in prepared pans and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool on wire racks.
Spread Coffee Liqueur Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Drizzle with melted chocolate and garnish the edges with coffee beans.

Ingredients:
Cake:
1 cup finely chopped dates
1 tsp. baking soda
1-1/2 cups boiling water
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1-3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup nuts, chopped (optional)
2 cups chocolate chips

Method:
Toss the dates with the baking soda in a medium sized bowl. Pour the boiling water over them and stir. Set aside and let cool to room temperature.
While the date mixture is cooling grease a 9″x13″ pan and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Sift together the nutmeg, flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder; set aside.
Cream the butter or margarine and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the eggs and vanilla; blend well. Pour in the date mixture and blend. Add the dry ingredients and beat until smooth.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and top with the sugar, nuts and chocolate chips. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. This may be tricky because of the chocolate chips so you’ll have to work around them when checking for “doneness”.

Ingredients:
2-1/2 cup flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts suggested)
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon

Method:
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
Cream butter and sugar and beat in eggs one at a time. Add sour cream and vanilla. Add flour mixture to creamed butter mixture and mix together.
Mix remaining ingredients for topping and filling.
Grease a tube pan. Pour 1/2 of the batter in the pan then sprinkle on 1/2 the chocolate chip mixture. Add the remainder of the batter, the sprinkle the remainder of the chocolate chip nut mix on top.
Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.