Fresh Strawberry Cake

this is cake is amazing!! I think one of my new go to cakes!!

You will need

1 cup crushed strawberries

1  White cake mix

1 (4 serving size) strawberry jello mix

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup water

 

Icing:

1/2 block cream cheese

1/3 cup butter

2 cups icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp. milk

 

slice strawberries and, using a fork mash them until they resemble a puree.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease or spray 9x13 pan
Stir together cake mix and dry Jell-O powder.
Add oil, water, eggs and 1 cup of pureed strawberries. Mix thoroughly, about 2 minutes on medium.
Pour evenly into prepared pans. Bake for 18 – 20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes in pan then remove to cooling rack


Then mix icing together until thick. Icing cake once cooled and top with strawberries

Boston Cream

Boston Cream Pie Poke Cake
Ingredients:
1 box yellow cake mix
Ingredients called for on cake mix (eggs, oil and water)
2 (3.4 oz) boxes instant Vanilla or French Vanilla pudding
4 cups milk
1 container chocolate frosting (or your favorite homemade chocolate frosting)
Directions:

Make cake mix according to directions and bake in a well-greased 9×13 pan.
When cake is finished baking and is still warm, poke holes all over cake using a wooden spoon handle or other similar size object (you want those holes fairly big so the pudding has room to get in there and you need to poke straight through to the bottom of the cake).
In a medium bowl, add milk to pudding mixture and continue to whisk until most of the lumps are removed. Pour pudding on top of warm cake, making sure to pour straight into the holes in the cake.
Take a spoon and spread it evenly across the top of the cake (very gently press down pudding to ensure that pudding goes into the holes and spread it all the way to the sides).
Put cake in fridge and allow to cool completely before adding the frosting (about 2 hours).
Remove the lid and foil covering from the tub of chocolate frosting and microwave for about 10-15 seconds. Stir frosting with a spoon- it should still be thick, but pourable. Pour chocolate frosting on top of pudding.
Spread frosting to evenly cover cake. Start in the middle and gently spread to the sides. Allow to cool on the counter for a few minutes, then put into the fridge to fully cool and set up.

Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs?

looks good eh?Cut your hot dogs down the middle but not all the way to the ends.  Stuff with the cheese of your choice.  I chose swiss. Wrap with two pieces of bacon and secure with a toothpick.  Barbecue until you reach your desired doneness

Choosing a watermelon

taking direction from The Food Channel I look for these five things:

1.  I look for watermelons that are nicely shaped and ones that feel firm.  Make sure that they don’t have any cuts in them either.

2.  Pick your watermelon up to see if it feels “heavy”.  Watermelons are 90% water, so the riper ones will have more water and weigh more

3.  I look for watermelons that have a bright skin and vibrant green color

4.  I used to not pick a watermelon that has a yellow side but have since found out that this yellow spot is a good thing and should be creamy looking.  This is where it laid on the ground to ripen instead of being picked too early.

5.  When “thumping” your watermelon, a solid sound means it’s not ripe enough, if it’s too ripe, it will sound thick but if it sounds hollow, that’s the one you want!

 

 

Cold Veggie PIzza

I have made this a few times and love it!!

 

 

Ingredients:

 2 packages crescent rolls
 1/2 cup mayonnaise
 1/2 package ranch dressing mix
 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
Grated cheese 
  Suggested Vegetables: cauliflower, diced broccoli, diced zucchini, diced carrot, finely grated celery, diced red peppers or green pepper, diced green onion, cut tomato, diced
  Instructions:
 Roll out then press down your crescent rolls into a jelly roll pan with sides.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Blend together mayonnaise, dressing mix and the softened cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Spread over cooled crust:Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Blend together mayonnaise, dressing mix and the softened cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Spread over cooled crust:
Then just start layering whatever veggies you have chosen over the entire crust - garnish with a little grated cheese and it will make a beautiful masterpiece like this:Then just start layering whatever veggies you have chosen over the entire crust - garnish with a little grated cheese and it will make a beautiful masterpiece