This web site contains my favorite recipes. As you look at my recipes, you will notice the majority of the are very simple. This is the type of food my family enjoys most. I spent a number of years cooking for Marriott Corp., a country club, a hotel and an old english restaurant and I have come to enjoy cooking the things my family enjoys. Some of them will have stories and memories of the friends and family that share their recipes with me. Others are ones I have collected from cookbooks, magazines or the internet. I have tried to give credit where credit is due. I hope you enjoy some my favorite recipes.


I want to thank my mother for her patience in teaching me to cook. I started cooking for the family when I was in the sixth grade. My mom was working and my dad was going to school at BYU working on his masters degree. Mom would leave me instructions on what to cook for dinner and if I had questions I would call her. Thanks mom for the help and encouragement. I love you.

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Friday, July 9, 2010

Carrot Cake

If yo like carrot cake, this one is very good.  It is another recipe from Vickie's friend Becky.  Anything from Becky is worth making.  This is probably Vickie's favorite cake.

Ingredients

1 cup Crisco oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 cups grated carrots
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons soda
1 teaspoon salt


Directions

Beat together the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Stir in carrots and pineapple. Stir in dry ingredients, which have been sifted together. Mix well. Bake at 350 degrees in a 9x13, greased and floured pan. (may also be baked in a 10 inch bundt pan or two 10 inch can pans) Bake 35-45 minutes or until done. Cool thoroughly. Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting
½ to ¾ of a two pound bag of powdered sugar
1 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
1 stick butter or real margarine, softened

Cream butter and cream cheese together. Gradually add powdered sugar. Beat until smooth. Add 1 to 2 Tablespoons of milk or cream if frosting is too thick to spread easily.

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