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Well, It went very well. I made Slow Roasted Garlic and Lemon chicken. (It was very bitter, and I didn’t really like it.) But I got the recipe from here and No one else commented on it being bitter, they all ate up. I think they were being polite. It’s too bad that it came out bitter. Anyway, I made fresh Asperagus to go with that, and a Corn Chowder, which turned out very well. Also they brought a nice salad, and the drinks. We also had this amazing chocolate cake. And it is my mother’s recipe, with my frosting ideas. This is the cake:

Double Dutch Chocolate Cake (my creative title!)

1 3/4 Cups flour (all purpose)
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup BOILING water
1 cup milk soured with vinegar (pour a bit of white vinegar in the bottom of the measuring cup then fill with milk let stand a bit)
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
1tsp salt

Mix the dry ingredients together, whisk well.
Mix the wet ingredients (minus the boiling water) together, whisk well, then add the waster, then add all to the dry ingredients.
Incorporate until smooth and very liquidy.

pour into two crisco’d and floured round 8 or 9 inch pans

bake at 350 for approximately 50 minutes, usually takes a bit less than this at my house. Inserted toothpick comes up clean, or with a few crumbles, not wet.

let cake cool in pans for about ten minutes then remove to wire rack let cool untill cool to the touch. Meanwhile make this:

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Well, I’m looking for some good recipes. I thought I might set up a place to collect some great recipes, namely HERE. I was hoping that everyone would want to send me their most favorite recipe, especially anything on my list of how to make from scratch. I would like to turn this into a contest of sorts, but… perhaps that is too techno savvy for me, unless one (or more) of you would like to team up with me to vote and make and award some kind of icon.

For the recipe collection I will make an eBook, and also list all of the recipes here under the RECIPE category. If we want to make it a contest, then I will have to make all of the recipes in the categories, and decide which ones are best, that might take a while!

Categories:

Baking from scratch (non processed or minimally processed like flour )

Snack Items (granola bars etc)

Dairy Items (making yogurt, cheese etc)

Lunches

Dinners

Any other ideas?

What do you all think? Any info about how to get this around would be good too!

Mrs Meg Logan