Honey Bun Cake

THE HONEY BUN CAKE!!!

*1 package yellow cake mix
*3/4 cup vegetable oil
*4 eggs
*1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
*1 cup brown sugar
*1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Frosting:

*2 cups confectioners powdered sugar
*4 tablespoons milk
*1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350’ degrees. (325' for glass pans)
In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, oil, eggs and sour cream. Mix with a mixer or you can stir by hand approximately 50 strokes, or until most large lumps are gone. Pour half of the batter into an ungreased 9x13 inch baking dish. Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the batter in the cake pan. Spoon the other half of the batter into the cake pan, covering the brown sugar and cinnamon.

Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes.
Poke holes in the cake and frost while it is still warm.

*To make the frosting: In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioner's sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth.

It truly is one of the easiest cakes I have ever made and it is so so so yummy :P

Pour half of the batter and spread it on the bottom.
Top that with the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture.
Then spread the rest of the batter on top of this and bake.

You can also take a butter knife and swirl the cake before you bake it to give it that "official" honey bun look :)
Whip up the icing while the cake is baking.
While the cake is still warm poke holes all over it and then pour the icing over the top.
I asked Brian to take a picture while I was pouring the icing and my camera was set on continuous shooting so it sounded like the paparazzi was taking my picture. I think he took about 20 pictures :o) I had to stop pouring a couple of times because I was laughing so hard :D

Here is the finale! Very tasty!

Proverbs 16:24
"Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones."

French Bread Sandwiches

Start out with a roll of French Loaf bread. It is low-fat by the way.

Grease (with Pam) a large cookie sheet and find the seam of the bread. Then unroll it on the cookie sheet and try to gently stretch it to the sides evenly. I usually spray some Pam spray on my hands and it helps the bread not to stick. Then add whatever meat/cheese/spices that you want.

Some that we have tried are:

*meatballs and pasta sauce

*ham and various cheeses

*salami, pepperoni, pastrami, & cheese with italian dressing and spices

*grilled chicken with veggies

The possibilities are endless!

Today we used turkey lunchmeat with lightning jack cheese and some garlic pepper that I bought at the Amish store. It was the first time I'd used this seasoning and it turned out to be a little too salty for the sandwiches. Trial and error! After you get your meat/combo spread out across all of the bread spray Pam on your hands again and roll it halfway and then again so that it looks like this: I always stretch it sideways and then cut slits. This usually helps it bake more evenly.
Then bake at 350* for about 20-25 minutes (sometimes longer.)

Then I slice it up with a bread knife and voila it's ready!

Yumminess!

Psalm 78:23-25
"Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven, Had rained down manna on them to eat, And given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate angels’ food; He sent them food to the full."

Sopapilla Cheesecake

Your life is getting ready to change :D (Not really but this is a yummy recipe and I am sure you'll love it if you try it!)

Press one can of crescent rolls into the bottom of a cake pan.

Blend 1 cup of sugar, 2- 8oz. softened cream cheese, 1 tsp vanilla.

Or you can beat it! Just beat it!

Then spread this mixture over your crescent rolls.

Add another layer of crescent rolls over top of that. They now make the crescent rolls that come in one big sheet, but those aren't available at Save-a-lot! So you just gotta use what ya got :D

Next let someone lick the spoon :P

Pour 1/2 cup melted butter over the entire pan as even as you possibly can.

Mix together 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 TBS cinnamon.

Sprinkle the sugar mix over top of the butter.
Then bake for 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees.....

and voila ~ yummy goodness!

Here is the recipe written out:
Sopapilla Cheesecake
Ingredients
• 2~8 oz cream cheese (Softened)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 2 cans Crescent Rolls
• 1 stick butter or 1/2 cup butter melted
• 1/2 cup sugar combined with 1TSB ground cinnamon

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a bowl with a mixer. Set aside. Unroll and press 1 can of crescent roll dough in bottom of 13x9" ungreased baking dish. Spread cream cheese mixture on top evenly. Arrange second can of crescent roll dough on top of mixture to cover cream cheese. Melt butter in microwave. Pour butter on top of crescent rolls. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture over all. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes in preheated oven.