Easter Dessert Recipes

As promised, here are the goodies we enjoyed for our Easter meal.

Pound Cake

• 3 cups cake flour
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp baking power
• 5 eggs
• lemon or almond flavoring
• dash of salt

Cream softened butter, sugar, and shortening. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add milk and flour with baking powder and salt. Add flavoring. Bake at 350 for 1 hour, 10 minutes. Delicious served with strawberries and whipped cream.

By the way, do you notice anything odd about this picture of the slice of cake? In other words, that's not the way I eat my slices of pound cake as shown with the whipped cream first and strawberries on top. I like it the other way around. But...we have various members of the family who like it this way! Of course, it all tastes the same. :)

Chocolatetown Pie

• 9-inch unbaked pastry shell
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Prepare pastry shell; set aside. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In small mixer bowl cream butter; add eggs and vanilla. Combine sugar and flour; add to creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts; pour into unbaked pastry shell. Bake 45 - 50 minutes or until golden. Cool about one hour; serve warm. Garnish with whipped cream.

~Deb

Comments

[Randi]

Hi Deb,

I think I added an inch to my waistline just by visiting you this morning! ;)

[Deb]

Randi, cyber inches I'll take any day rather than the real thing! :)

[Islandsparrow]

Mmm - I just had to come and check out this chocolate pie. I will definitely give it a try someday soon.