I don't have a lot of desserts posted on here, because we just don't really eat a lot of desserts. However, we do have a handful of favorites that we indulge in occasionally. This one is our pastor's wife's recipe, and it is goo-ood...that's good with two syllables. Mrs. Melita graciously shared this with me, I altered it only slightly (substituting Splenda for sugar) and we have put quite a dent in it since it came out of the oven only a few hours ago.
INGREDIENTS
1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple, undrained
3 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen...Wal-mart's frozen ones were half the price of the ones at 2 other stores)
3/4 cup sugar or Splenda (I have had it both ways and can't tell a difference)
1 box yellow cake mix
6 tablespoons butter (the recipe called for 8, but 6 worked fine)
1 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup sugar (I would use real sugar for this part)
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 13x9" dish.
(2) Combine first three ingredients in a bowl, and pour into baking dish.
(3) Spread dry cake mix over blueberry mixture.
(4) Cover top of cake mix with thin slices of butter (all 6 tablespoons).
(5) Mix pecans and 1/4 cup sugar in a bowl and sprinkle over top of butter.
(6) Bake 45 minutes. Top with vanilla ice cream if desired. It is perfect all by itself, though!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Pioneer Woman's Coffee Cake
Today is day two since we returned from our anniversary trip to Charleston...which means it is day two of me missing the AMAZING breakfast at the AMAZING bed & breakfast where we stayed. So, I decided to kick breakfast up a notch this week. The coffee cake we had for the third course of breakfast one day (yes, we had three course breakfasts...it was amazing...am I saying amazing too much?) was one of James' favorite dishes, so I found this recipe on the Pioneer Woman's website and it seemed pretty close. It's called "The Best Coffee Cake. Ever." and, indeed, it is.
Please don't freak out when you see how much butter is in this thing. Keep in mind that this is an entire 13x9" cake. A normal sized piece for breakfast followed by a generally healthy lunch and dinner will be fine. Around our house we usually go with the "all things (well, most things) in moderation" idea. Since we don't drinks sodas, rarely eat out, and rarely have desserts I have no problem making cinnamon rolls, coffee cake, and the like for breakfast on occasion. So grab you butter and let's get baking.
Click HERE for PW's super detailed instructions with photos.If you scroll all the way down to the bottom you can read and print the recipe.
I used a 9x13 glass casserole dish and substituted 1 % milk in place of whole milk, and it turned out beautifully. I am thinking of mixing up some kind of cinnamon roll-ish icing to drizzle over the top :)
Please don't freak out when you see how much butter is in this thing. Keep in mind that this is an entire 13x9" cake. A normal sized piece for breakfast followed by a generally healthy lunch and dinner will be fine. Around our house we usually go with the "all things (well, most things) in moderation" idea. Since we don't drinks sodas, rarely eat out, and rarely have desserts I have no problem making cinnamon rolls, coffee cake, and the like for breakfast on occasion. So grab you butter and let's get baking.
Click HERE for PW's super detailed instructions with photos.If you scroll all the way down to the bottom you can read and print the recipe.
I used a 9x13 glass casserole dish and substituted 1 % milk in place of whole milk, and it turned out beautifully. I am thinking of mixing up some kind of cinnamon roll-ish icing to drizzle over the top :)
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