Monday, June 23, 2008

cake update

So last night the cake was very popular, it must have been the perfect choice to go with a nice taco dinner. I watched as everyone dished up their own BIG pieces, then had seconds, some of them thirds! Three small pieces left, I'd be OK...unless... what if someone ate them for breakfast! I would fix a breakfast so wonderful, so filling, no one would ask for the cake. Whew, it worked!
But all this talk of cake has made you crave it, or at least wonder about it (Jamie). So here's the recipe:

CHOCOLATE PRALINE CAKE

In heavy saucepan, melt together: ½ Cup butter ¼ Cup whipping cream 1 Cup brown sugar

Pour into 9x13 pan. Sprinkle 1 C. chopped pecans evenly over caramel mixture. Prepare devil’s food cake mix as directed on package and spoon carefully into pan(s), beginning around edges first. Bake at 325 50-60 minutes. Cool 5 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate. Cool. Serve with whipped cream.


5 comments:

jamiecassidy said...

I thought I recognized this recipe. I have seen it in a family favorites recipe book somewhere before. I'll have to try it!

DXOX said...

Thank you! Thank you! I love this cake. I made it for "J's" birthday back in college and of course didn't write the recipe down. To think you had it all the time. Now I am going to go check your recipe book to see if it is in there, than I will feel pretty daft. I am can make the cake for his birthday, than he'll say I am his forever...again. YAHOO!
~XOX

DXOX said...

Okay, feeling pretty silly. It was in my hands the whole time (your recipe book). To my defense I didn't recognize the name:( I was looking for it on the side of a cake mix box all this time.
~XOX

Jackie said...

To Jamie, So you cook, too? What is your favorite cake?

to anybody,
I am working on the third edition of my recipe book. I put out a new edition at the marriage of each of the children, but it may be awhile before Jesse gets married, so I'm going ahead with a new edition anyway. Let me know if you want a copy!

jamiecassidy said...

Cooking is part of the natural order of things. I guess I would say cooking is a shared event at our home. Both of us work to teach the kids how to survive on something besides Top Ramen when they leave home. I'll let you know what my favorite cake is after I try your recipe..