Two Recipes for Rocky Road Fudge

Posted by TheSloneGal on April 14, 2011

If you like chocolate chances are that you love rocky road fudge! Here are two different recipes for rocky road fudge that any chocolate lover would appreciate.

Easy Rocky Road Fudge Recipe

Ingredients:

3 cups miniature marshmallows
1 8 ounce chocolate bars
3/4 cups chopped nuts

Preparation Instructions:

Place the chocolate bars in a pan and melt slowly over low heat. Stir the chocolate constantly to prevent scorching.

Once the chocolate has completely melted, stir in the chopped nuts and marshmallows. Stir the mixture well to allow the marshmallows to completely melt.

Spread the fudge in an 8×8 inch pan that has been buttered and allow it to cool. This recipe makes 1 1/2 pounds of fudge.

Rocky Road Fudge Bars

Ingredients:

1/2 roll chocolate chip cookie dough
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup butter

4 7 ounce packages fudge frosting mix

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Coca-Cola Cake

Posted by TheSloneGal on March 22, 2011

Easy to Make Authentic Coca-Cola Cake

If you are a cake lover during the holidays or just any time then this is great treat for you. The popular Coca-Cola cake.

This also includes the great home made frosting as well.

Ingredients:

2 cps of self-rising flour
2 cps of granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cp Coca-Cola
1 cp butter or margarine
1 1/2 cps miniature marshmallows
2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 cp buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cake Preparation:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
Take a 9 by 13 inch pan grease and flour it then set to the side and in a large bowl combine your flour and sugar set aside for the moment.
Take med sauce pan and combine your cocoa, Coca-Cola, butter, and marshmallows, bring this to a boil. Now put the boiled mix into the flour and sugar.

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Dried Fruit 7-Up Cake Recipe

Posted by TheSloneGal on March 17, 2011

The 7-up cake was really popular in the 1960′s and 1970′s but this one is not the original  7-up cake this one is made with real dried fruit and a delicious colorful lime glaze.

Ingredients:

1 (12 ounce can) 7-Up or lemon-lime carbonated soda (divided use)
1 cp mixed dried fruit (cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, cherries) or you can use your own choice of fruit
1-1/2 cps (3 sticks) butter or margarine, at room temperature
2 cps sugar
4 eggs
3 cps flour
2 tablespoons of lemon extract

See the rest of this recipe at http://ahippiesramblings.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/dried-fruit-7-up-cake-recipe/

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Peppermint Bark

Posted by TheSloneGal on February 26, 2011

christmas-peppermint-bark With these semisweet chocolate over-top that give it a two tone zebra color treats you are sure to want these in your stockings or gift baskets. They are sure to please kids of all ages.

Ingredients:
10 regular size candy canes
2 pounds (1 kg) white chocolate

Cooking Instructions:

Take wax paper or parchment paper and line your cookie sheet with this.
Let your kid(s) help you unwrap the candy canes then place them in a zip lock bag and then take a hammer or rolling pin and crush the candy canes into chunks of less than 1/4 of an inch then set aside.
To melt your white chocolate place in a boiler or a sauce pan and set over hot water make sure it is not boiling water and be careful not to scorch your chocolate as you may know that white chocolate can scorch very easily keep stirring … Read the rest

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