I am not sure what my problem is lately but I have wanted to bake and cook. Everyday I make something. Though I guess I kinda took yesterday off, but not really.
Yesterday we had a community pool party to go to. I volunteered to make cupcakes. Of course that meant 3 different kinds of cupcakes. I have all of these Duncan Hines cake mixes I have been getting for free-though I had run out from the last time they were free (#2 likes confetti cupcakes/batter). I made 6 dozen cup cakes. 2 dozen chocolate, 2 dozen yellow and 2 dozen Banana cupcakes. Yes Banana-simple recipe…make up your cake mix like it says on the box. Take 3 overripe bananas and mash them with 1 teaspoon baking soda. Mix with the already made cake mix and bake as directed on the box. That is it plain and simple. I made the cupcakes the night before and frosted them all the next day. All of the cupcakes got eaten at the pool party too.
I love Allrecipes.com! Well, I love to look at recipes in general. I have about 200 cookbooks in my library some from the 1950’s, some my mom gave me, some I picked up at yardsales and some I just had to pay full price for at the store. Probably my favorite cook book is The Joy of Cooking though I have made a lot of the recipes in The Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook too. Both cookbooks are AWESOME general knowledge cookbooks. I personally like to know the why and those cookbooks go into detail, especially the Joy of Cooking. Now I just think about what I want and then go to Allrecipes.com and put in the ingredients and fine a recipe.
I entered box cake mix (I wonder why?) and up came a recipe I haven’t seen in years. The last time I made it was when we lived in NY and I moved when we were 16- so it is over 20 years ago. The original recipe was out of a magazine my mom found and wanted me to make (I was her baker). I read the reviews (on Allrecipes.com) and people mentioned they would like more filling and I will agree, it is a good filling so I doubled it. After having tried the squares, I could have lightened up on the lemon juice. Next time I will use just one lemon instead of two.
Lemon Bars (adapted from Allrecipes.com-taken from that magazine)
1- 18.25ozYellow Cake Mix (or 2 of the small Duncan Hines cake mixes)
1 lemon pudding mix (not a must, just adds lemon flavor)
OR
1- 18.25 oz Lemon Cake mix (I didn’t have lemon cake mix I used what I had on hand which is the above)
2 Lemons
1 Egg
½ oil
2 -8oz brick cream cheese
2/3 cup sugar
Set oven to 350 degrees-UNLESS you use glass or dark metal pans ALWAYS lower oven 25 degrees if you use those kinds of pans.
Foil and grease 9x13” pan (or don’t I like less mess)
Zest the 2 lemons, mix with cake mix and pudding mix if using. Add egg and oil and mix until crumbly. Reserve about 1 cup of mix and press the rest of the mixture into the bottom of the pan.
Bake for about 15 minutes BUT make sure you keep an eye on it, it will brown quickly.
Juice both lemons, put juice in bowl with sugar and cream cheese. Beat until smooth. Pour over baked crust. Sprinkle reserved crumbs over the top. Bake for additional 20 minutes, you want to catch it just when it starts to brown.
Cool completely and cut into squares. Serve with a tall glass of COLD milk.
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