Crites Family Stuff

Ingredients for 15 servings

• .5 cup butter
• .5 cup shortening
• 3.5 tbsp cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• .5 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tbsp vanilla

Frosting:

• .5 cup butter
• 3.5 tbsp cocoa
• .25 cup milk
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 cup nuts, chopped

Steps

1. In saucepan, bring to boil butter, shortening, cocoa, and water. Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Pour into greased cookie sheet and bake at 350F for 20 minutes.
2. For frosting, bring butter, cocoa, and milk to boil. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. When cake has cooled, top with frosting.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• .5 cup butter, softened
• .5 cup oil
• 1.75 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 2.5 cups flour
• 1 tsp vanilla
• .5 cup buttermilk
• 4 tbsp cocoa
• .5 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder

Topping:

• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup brown sugar

Steps

1. Cream together butter, oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Add zucchini and buttermilk. Mix well. Sift together remaining ingredients. Add to zucchini mixture and mix well. Spread in a 9 x 13 pan and sprinkle topping over cake. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• .5 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• .5 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• .5 tsp salt
• 6 (1.4 oz) Heath bars, chopped

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 pan and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, combine the sugars, flour, and butter. Crumble these ingredients together with a pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly and coarse. Remove 1/2 cup of the crumbs to a small bowl and set aside. To the large bowl with remaining crumbs, add buttermilk, egg, vanilla, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
3. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing into edges. Sprinkle cake with reserved crumbs and chopped Heath bars. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the center is no longer gooey but a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs. The cake may fall slightly in the center leaving the edges raised. No fear! It will still be delicious!

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We love to make this for breakfast.

Ingredients for 8 servings

• 1.33 cups flour, divided
• .5 cup sugar
• .5 cup buttermilk
• .33 cup oil (I use half applesauce)
• .5 tsp vanilla (optional)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• .5 tsp baking soda
• .25 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• .25 cup packed brown sugar
• .25 butter, softened
• .25 cup chopped pecans
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 400F. Spray 9 inch round pan with cooking spray. Combine 1 cup flour, sugar, buttermilk, oil, vanilla, baking powder, soda, salt and egg in mixing bowl. Beat until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
2. Mix remaining flour, brown sugar, butter, nuts, and cinnamon in a small bowl until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Bake about 25-30 minutes until done. Serve warm.
3. You can prepare the coffee cake without the topping and refrigerate overnight. Sprinkle the streusel over the cake and bake the next morning.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• .66 cup coconut
• .66 cup pecans, chopped
• .66 cup chocolate chips
• 1 chocolate cake mix
• 8 oz cream cheese
• .5 cup butter
• 1 lb powdered sugar

Steps

1. Sprinkle coconut, pecans, and chocolate chips in bottom of greased 9x13 pan. Mix cake according to package directions and pour over nut mixture. Melt butter and cream cheese and stir in powered sugar. Pour over the top of the unbaked cake. Spread topping a bit thicker at the edges. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. Cool.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 3 oz pkg instant chocolate pudding
• .5 cup sugar
• .25 cup flour
• .25 cup oil
• 1 cup water
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Steps

1. Mix cake, pudding, and flour. Add sugar, oil, and water. Beat in eggs. Blend in sour cream and chocolate chips. Pour into a greased bundt pan and bake at 350F for 50-60 minutes. Cook for 1 hour.

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I once made this for breakfast when Lon's cousin who at the time was a college football player came to stay with us. He easily ate half the pan in one sitting. Apparently it's good!

Ingredients for 15 servings

• .75 cup sugar
• .5 cup butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking podwer
• 1 tsp baking soda
• .125 tsp salt
• 1 cup sour cream

Topping:

• 1.25 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tbsp butter

Steps

1. Heat oven to 350F. Grease a 9 x 13 pan. In a large bowl, eat sugar and 1/2 cup butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs and mix well. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir flour mixture and sour cream alternating into sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. In a small bowl, combine all topping ingredients. Spread half of the batter in the greased pan. Sprinkle with half of the topping. Repeat with remaining batter and topping. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 can pumpkin (2 cups)
• 2.25 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 cups grated carrots
• .5 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
• .5 cup raisins or craisins

Frosting:

• 2 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray three 9 inch round cake pans with cooking spray. Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and beat well. Add vanilla and pumpkin. Add flour, soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well. Stir in carrots, pineapple and raisins. Pour into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool and remove from pans. Frost between layers and all around cake.
2. Make frosting by creaming together the cream cheese and butter. Add the sugar and vanilla. Mix till smooth.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1.5 cups oil
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• .5 cup chopped nuts
• 3 cups grated carrots

Frosting:

• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• .5 cup butter
• 1 tsp vanilla

Steps

1. Beat eggs together with sugar. Add oil, flour, soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add carrots and nuts. Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes or until done.
2. Make frosting by mixing together the powdered sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cake.

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Ingredients for 15 servings

• 1 yellow cake mix
• .75 cup oil
• .75 cup water
• 3 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp butter extract
• 4 eggs
• .5 cup chopped nuts
• .5 cup sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Steps

1. Beat the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, water, vanilla and butter extract together, adding the eggs, one at a time. Set aside.
2. Spray or oil the bundt pan well. Mix the sugar, cinnamon and finely chopped nuts together. Pour half of this mixture into the bottom of the pan. Add half of the cake batter and sprinkle the remaining sugar mixture over it. Pour the rest of the batter evenly into the pan careful not to disturb the sugar too much. Bake 45 minutes in a 350F oven. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto serving plate.
3. A glaze made of powdered sugar and water can be drizzled in circles over the cake for a decorative presentation.

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