Recipe Round Up and Snackalicious Super Dishes

 

 

join together in one super-duper carnival

 

of delicious food,

 

for a crowd pleasing recipe bonanza

at Pensieve.

Update on Friday, January 25, 2008 at 10:11AM by rebecca

I spent some time this morning updating the Recipe Round Up information page. Among other changes, I updated the list of past round ups so it’s current. (Current, that is, until tomorrow, when today’s round up becomes a past one.) Here it is:

 

• April: Quick supper fixin’s at Rebecca Writes
• May: Appetizers at Hiraeth
• June: Desserts at Simply a Musing Blog
  
• July: Summer salads at promptings
• August: Outdoor grilling recipes at The Happy Wonderer
• September: Soups and stews at Lux Venit
  
• October: Freezer recipes at  Motherhood Apologia
• November: Favorite holiday recipes at Semicolon
• December: Cookies, Bars, Candy, etc. at Rebecca Writes

We have a volunteer to host February’s round up, but after that, the hosting schedule is wide open. Are you interested? You can volunteer to host a future recipe round up here.

 

And did you know that Kim of Hiraeth is compiling the recipes in each round up into folders (Word Documents) which will end up in a Blogger’s Cookbook? She’ll email the folders to you if you ask. You’ll find her contact information in the sidebar at Hiraeth.

Chocolate Sheet Cake

This is a yummy and easy crowd-pleasing dessert. It yields 16-20 pieces, so if my crowd were a real crowd, I’d double the recipe.

Cake 

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients.
   
2. In a small saucepan, bring butter, cocoa and water to a boil. Add to dry ingredients (step 1) and mix well.
   
3. In a small bowl, beat eggs. Add buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Stir into cocoa mixture.
   
4. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
   
5. Bake at 375F for 20-22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.

 
Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 cups icing (or confectioner’s) sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. While cake is baking,  bring butter, cocoa and milk to a boil in a saucepan, stirring constantly.
   
2. Remove pan from heat; add sugar and vanilla. Mix well.
   
3. When cake is done, spread frosting over hot cake.
4. Cool frosted cake on a wire rack. 

Recipe adapted from this recipe found in Taste of Home.

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Recipe Round Up

and 

Pensieve’s Snackalicious Super Dishes

Together in one super-duper carnival of delicious food

Tomorrow, January 25

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