Triple Chocolate Cake in the Crockpot

We made this for dessert when we had the missionaries over for dinner last week. Because I knew it would be easy, I asked Alan to make it. He did, and it turned out really moist and delicious. Ingredients:

18 1/2 oz. pkg chocolate cake mix

3.9 oz pkg instant chocolate pudding mix

1 cup (8 oz ) sour cream (I used fat free, it was fine)

4 eggs

1 cup water

3/4 cup oil

1 cup chocolate chips

1. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, water, and oil in electric mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips.

2. Pour into greased slow cooker. Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours, or high 3-4 hours, or until toothpick inserted near center comes out with moist crumbs.

3. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Strawberry Cake

what you'll need:

1 package white cake mix

1 package strawberry-flavored gelatin powder

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1/4 cup water

1 cup veggie oil

1 pound confectioners' sugar

What you do:

Combine cake mix and gelatin powder in a large bowl. Beat in oil, eggs and water Pour into two 9-inch round greased and floured cake pans. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool and frost icing.

How to make the icing:

beat the butter and confectioners' sugar together until smooth. Spread between cake layers(if making on cake if making two cakes just to sides and top) then frost top and sides.

next time i'm going to try putting in fresh strawberries so that theres more flavor and might try some pineapple juice as well to create a pretty tropical looking cake and then i can decorate the top with fresh strawberries and pinapple slices. but it was not bad for the first try, i'm not much for baking =) that was always what nett did..

Candy Cane Cake

I know I just posted this on our family's website, but it's worth another post...

Kaitlyn wanted to make a "Christmas Cake" yesterday. One of our favorite flavors is chocolate mint, and so I thought I'd try out making a chocolate mint cake. I just used a chocolate cake mix and added 2 tsp of "peppermint extract". You can also add some crushed candy canes. For the shape, I just baked the cake mix in an 8" square pan and an 8" round pan. Click on the picture below to get the details on how to make the shape.

I also added 1 tsp peppermint extract to the white frosting I made to give it a candy cane flavor as well. It was delicious and fun to make!!