Recipes
January
I got this recipe from my daughter, Christina.

If you like stews or soups the way I do you will love this.

Potato Soup

1 bag of shredded hash browns

1 can of cream of celery soup

1 can of cream of chicken soup

box of chicken broth

1 cup of sour cream

1 qt.. of milk or fresh cream

I thaw my hash brown in microwave

In crock pot add

ham(optional)

add all together and cook.

you can add cheese before you serve. Enjoy.

February

For the sweet in all of us during this special month,
Happy Valentines Day.

Chocolate Malt Cake

Cake:  2 cups flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/4 cup chocolate malt-powder

6 Tblss. unsweetened cocoa

1 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp baking soda

1 egg beaten

2/3 cup oil

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup hot coffee

Frosting:  14 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened

3 cups powdered sugar

2 tsps. unsweetened cocoa

1/2 cup chocolate malt powder

4 tsps. milk

malted milk balls for topping/ decorations.

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans.

Combine all dry ingredients for the cake in a large bowl.

Stir in the egg, oil, and buttermilk and mix until combined.  Slowly stir in hot coffee.

Mix until ingredients are well combined, scraping the sides and bottom

of the bowl as necessary.  Divide batter evenly between the prepare cake pans.

Bake cake layers on the center rack in the oven until the tops spring back

when touched and a cake tester comes out clean about 30 -35 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.

Carefully turn cake layers out onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.

When cake layers are cool, beat softened butter in a medium bowl.

Add in powdered sugar, cocoa, malt powder, and milk

and mix until well combined.

Place 1 of the cake layers on a serving plate.

Top with 1/2 of frosting.

Spread the frosting to evenly cover the cake layer.

Follow with the second cake layer and the rest of the frosting

Top cake with malted milk balls as desired.