Luscious Lemon Cake

I got this recipe from my friends at work, apparently Tara Bruce Wilson , their manager, made it for their birthday cakes, so I was asked to make one since she got promoted up and out of office, it is very good!

 Luscious Lemon Cake

Cake:
1 box lemon cake mix plus ingredients on box
1 cup buttermilk
3 oz white chocolate pudding

Frosting
1/4 cup butter softened
4 oz cream cheese softened
2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tblsp lemon jello mix
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tblsp lemon juice you can use more if you want more lemon taste
1 to 2 Tblsp milk

 

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350

Add lemon cake mix and pudding mix to a medium bowl

Add buttermilk plus the ingredients on back of the cake mix box and beat until well combined

Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan

Bake for 25 to 30 min   Let cool

While cake is cooking , make frosting by creaming together butter and cream cheese, add powdered sugar, vanilla, jello mix, lemon juice and milk, Beat until smooth

Frost cake and ENJOY!!

When I made this, when I added the jello mix to the frosting, it didn't blend together well and crystalized and tasted like sugar granules in the frosting, Tara said it didnt do that to her but her sister made it and it did it to her.  So.... probably leave out the jello mix in the frosting part if you dont want to have that happen!

 

SMORES cookie cups

 I found this on facebook from kitchen fun with my three sons, you can find the site here:

SMORES COOKIE CUPS

1 cup finely crushed graham cracker crumbs (about 7 whole graham crackers)

1/4 cup powdered sugar

4 TBLSP butter, melted 

12 marshmallows (regular size, not mini marshmallows)

2 full size Hershey's chocolate bars unwrapped and divided into 24 pieces

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350

In a small mixing bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and melted butter

Grease a 24 cup mini muffin pan with non stick cooking spray.  Scoop the graham cracker crust mixture into the 24 cups. Gently press the crumbs into the bottom of each cup and up the sides to form little cups.

Bake the mini graham cracker crusts at 350 for 4-5  min until golden brown

Cut each marshmallow in half to make 24 round marshmallows.  Place one marshmallow in each graham cracker cup, cut side of the marshmallow facing down.

Set the oven to broil.  Place the pan of smores in the oven under the broiler and broil for 1 to 2 min, just until the marshmallows are soft and beginning to look toasted.   Note: the marshmallows can burn fast so watch them closely

Top each marshmallow with one piece of the Hershey's Chocolate bar, allow the smores to cool for 15 minutes. then use a butter knife to lift them from the pan

3 bean salad from Letisha Hansen

 

Found this on Facebook post on word of wisdom site, I want to try this!

My girls ask for this all the time. It’s a 3 bean salad.

2 stalks of celery,

1/2-3/4 cup red onion

3 cans of beans any kind drained

Sauce:

1/3 cup of rice or balsamic vinegar

1/4 cup of maple syrup or 6-7 medjool dates

1/4 cup of tahini

1-1.5 tsp sea salt

Pepper

Blend the sauce if you use dates. Just pour it on if you don’t and mix well.