Mom's German Chocolate cake

Mom's German choc. cake

preheat if you have electric oven to 350

2 c. sugar

2 c. flour

1/4t. salt

3 T. Cocoa powder

1 cup coconut milk   (or if you want 1 cup coconut and 1 c. water)

3/4 c. oil

1 t. soda

1/2 c. buttermilk (regular milk plus vinegar 1/2 t.)

1 t. vanilla

1 T. rum or 1 t. rum flavoring

2 eggs

beat hard with electric beaters till fluffy

oil and flour pans first then pour in batter

I use 9x 13 pan but you could do two round cake pans.  

Bake for 35 min.  check to see if cake is pulling away from sides

if it is then it is ready. you can also use the toothpick method

Frosting

Make while cake is cooking and then pour over hot cake

1 cup evaporated milk

1 cup sugar

3 egg yolks

1/2 c. butter

1 t. vanilla

1 t. rum flavoring or 1 T. rum

Cook on low heat till thick.  if the eggs are room temp they will be ok, but if they separate in the frosting you can just run in the blender for a min.  makes it really smooth

as it cools it will thicken as well.

pour on hot cake and top with pecans and coconut all over.  I also put on chocolate chips.  you could do this first then the nuts, last the coconut.

yum!!!

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Fruit Tart Crumb Bars

I thought I would post some delicious fruit bars Janie and I made last night.
I got the original recipe (called Cranberry Crumb Bars)  from my friend Robin (thank you, Robin!) and then made a few changes.  I also thought of some substitutions that would be nice if you don't have or don't want to use cranberry sauce.


Crust and Topping:

1 cup white flour (cake flour makes a softer dough)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups oats, I used whole grain
1 cup sugar or less
3/4 cup butter

Mix crust ingredients together until crumbly, you may need to add a little more or less butter.
reserve 1 1/2 cup of mixture for topping and press the rest into a 9x13 glass dish.
Bake for 15 min.  350 F

Meanwhile mix filling together.

Filling:

2 cups of canned cranberry sauce  or raspberry jam (low sugar variety)

3/4 cup dried cranberries

3/4 cup orange marmalade

1/2 cup dried shredded coconut

3/4 cup crushed almonds

1/4 cup flour

Spoon over hot crust and bake another 45 min. Cut while warm to insure low crumbling and let cool in pan till firm.  Bars should be 2 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches aprox.  Should make about 25 bars. 

Delicious!

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