Banana Nut Bread

Banana Nut Bread
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. mashed bananas
1/2 c. walnuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together shortening, sugar, and eggs. Sift dry ingredients and add to the creamed mixture alternately with banana. Mix in nuts. Blend well after each addition. Pour batter into well greased 9"x5"x3" loaf pan. Bake 45-50 minutes or until done.
Remove the bread from the pan after letting it cool for about five minutes.

Honey and Molasses

Don't you hate it when you measure out honey or molasses, and when you begin to pour your measured out honey into a different bowl, it :

• takes forever to come out of the measuring cup or spoon
• it stick to the sides.

To avoid this, simply spray the insides of your measuring bowl or spoon with cooking spray. It'll slide right out!

Black Forest Cake

My brother, who works at Dairy Queen, likes to call this, Choco- cherry love cake, after the Blizzard. Whatever you call it, it is delicious!

2 16 oz. cans of tart pitted cherries, undrained

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1 1/2 t. vanilla extract

2 (9 inch) round layers of your favorite chocolate cake, baked and cooled

3 cups heavy whipping cream

1/3 cup confectioners sugar.

Drain cherries, leaving 1/2 cup of juice. Combine reserved juice, cherries, sugar, and cornstarch in saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until thickened. Stir in vanilla. Cool.

Split each cake layer in half, horizontally. Set aside on half layer.

Beat whipping cream and sugar together. Set aside 1 1/2 cups for piping.

Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Spread with whipped cream, and top with cherry mixture.

Place second layer of cake on top. Spread with whipped cream, and top with cherry mixture.

Place third layer of cake on tope. Ice top and side of cake with whipped cream. Spread cherry mixture on top.

Take your last cake layer and cut it in half. Crumble on half, and pat crumbs onto the sides of the cake.

Use reserved whipped cream to pipe around the edges on the top and bottom.

Any leftover cherry topping and whipped cream can be used for the extra half layer of cake.

Yum!