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This recipe was discovered in an old McCall’s cookbook published in 1910, and you will fall in love with this fluffy, moist, easy-to-prepare cake. How to start this post?  YUMMMMMM…we loved this cake…we couldn’t stay away from it…we ate it for dessert and then we ate it for breakfast…  This beautiful cake recipe is a 100 year old treasure and a keeper!  Reeni of Cinnamon Girl discovered this recipe in an old McCall’s cookbook published in 1910, and she too fell in love with this fluffy, moist, easy-to-prepare cake and was good enough to share it with the rest of us so that we could enjoy it as well.  Thank you, Reeni!  If you are not familiar with Reeni’s blog, please take a few minutes to go and visit her.  Her food is fabulous, and her photography makes you want more! At first I was skeptical that a cake recipe made with all-purpose flour could be be both fluffy and moist; in the past, I’ve only achieved that kind of result when using cake flour....

Got the midnight munchies? Get your banana bread fix in just five minutes with this incredibly easy and moist microwaveable banana bread recipe — that’s made in a mug!     This recipe boasts built-in portion control. (Thank us later.)     Your banana bread levels are low, and you need to get banana bread in your mouth in the next five minutes.     There’s that one last ripe banana in the fruit bowl that you need to eat before leaving for vacation.     Pretend to get out of bed to go to the bathroom — but secretly slip into the kitchen, make two mugs of banana bread, and surprise your sweetheart with a delicious, no-mess breakfast in bed.     You belong to a family of banana-phobes. (More banana bread for you, we say — but while you may need banana bread, you may not need an entire loaf of banana bread sitting on the counter calling out to you like, “Eat me!”)     Solo sweet tooth? We know how ...

INGREDIENTS     For the casserole:     1 pound ground breakfast sausage     4 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated     12 eggs     1 large onion, chopped     1 red bell pepper, chopped     1 cup heavy whipping cream     1/4 cup green onion, chopped     8 oz sliced mushrooms     Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste     For the gravy:     2 cups milk     1/4 cup all-purpose flour     1-2 tablespoons butter or oil     Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste PREPARATION     When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch baking dish and set aside.     In a large skillet over medium heat, add the sausage, breaking it up with a wooden spoon. When meat has begun to brown, add onions, mushrooms, and ...

Ingredients: Chocolate Cake:     Adapted from Hershey’s     2 cups sugar     1 & 3/4 cups flour     3/4 cup cocoa powder     1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder     1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking soda     1 teaspoon salt     2 eggs     1 cup milk or heavy Cream     1/2 cup vegetable oil     2 teaspoons vanilla     1 cup boiling water For the Whipped Cream Cheese Buttercream:     1 cup cream cheese     3/4 cup butter     1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract     4 cups powdered sugar For the Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream:     3/4 cup of butter     3/4 cup of cream cheese     1 & 3/4 cups Hersheys cocoa powder     5 cups powdered sugar     1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons whole Mi...