We're going out to dinner with some friends on Saturday, trying a restaurant that just opened up in our area. Then everybody is coming back here for dessert (we never have dessert at the restaurant). And we'll play some games for awhile.
So.....I'm thinking about making a cake, but I don't know what kind of cake I want. I keep looking through my cookbooks, but I haven't really seen anything that trips my trigger and screams "You need to make me!" I don't want something that's really fancy or that's going to take me an a hour to make it. Simple.
Pineapple upside-down cake - It's actually a layer cake with a pineapple filling between the layers, then the pineapple and cherries are on the top of the cake. No frosting or anything because it doesn't need it. I've made it before and it's good. (One time, I made the cake and the top layer with the pineapples and cherries split right in half. So I crumbled the cake, chopped the pineapple and cherries, added some good French vanilla pudding, layered it all together, topped it with the pineapple filling.....and called it trifle. It was delicious! And nobody knew I messed it up and it was supposed to be cake.)
Shoofly cake - An old stand by around here....haven't had a shoofly cake in ages. (My sister usually makes them and she hasn't made it in I don't know how long.)
Apple coffee cake - This is a good cake, made with lots of Grannies, warm coffee, etc. then topped with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon and baked. To be served with homemade vanilla ice cream. (I'm leaning toward this one. I love apples.)
Boston cream pie - Gosh, I haven't made one in years. But for some reason, it's in my head and I don't know why.
Peanut butter cheesecake - I hate cheesecake, but I'm in the minority. If I made this, I wouldn't eat any of it, so no calories. That would work.
Which of the five would you eat? I have all the ingredients for any of them. And those are your only options.
So.....I'm thinking about making a cake, but I don't know what kind of cake I want. I keep looking through my cookbooks, but I haven't really seen anything that trips my trigger and screams "You need to make me!" I don't want something that's really fancy or that's going to take me an a hour to make it. Simple.
Pineapple upside-down cake - It's actually a layer cake with a pineapple filling between the layers, then the pineapple and cherries are on the top of the cake. No frosting or anything because it doesn't need it. I've made it before and it's good. (One time, I made the cake and the top layer with the pineapples and cherries split right in half. So I crumbled the cake, chopped the pineapple and cherries, added some good French vanilla pudding, layered it all together, topped it with the pineapple filling.....and called it trifle. It was delicious! And nobody knew I messed it up and it was supposed to be cake.)
Shoofly cake - An old stand by around here....haven't had a shoofly cake in ages. (My sister usually makes them and she hasn't made it in I don't know how long.)
Apple coffee cake - This is a good cake, made with lots of Grannies, warm coffee, etc. then topped with a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon and baked. To be served with homemade vanilla ice cream. (I'm leaning toward this one. I love apples.)
Boston cream pie - Gosh, I haven't made one in years. But for some reason, it's in my head and I don't know why.
Peanut butter cheesecake - I hate cheesecake, but I'm in the minority. If I made this, I wouldn't eat any of it, so no calories. That would work.
Which of the five would you eat? I have all the ingredients for any of them. And those are your only options.
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