Black Bottom Cake from Kathy Vlach

Here is a recipe from (hmm...how do I phrase this) my ex-sister-in-law, Kathy

Vlach. I am lucky that I still have a great relationship with my ex-inlaws.

They are all wonderful people & I am grateful that we still have an awesome

connection. Do to the fact that I live 1100 miles away, we do not get together

often enough. But they have remained a constant in my life. Anyway, it's cake

time!

This is called a Black Bottom Cake & here is Kathy's recipe for this Holiday

Dessert.

Black Bottom Cake

1 box Devils Food cake mix.
cream cheese mixture

Mix as directed adding 1 teaspoon vinegar
Pour into prepared 13x9 pan

Cream Cheese Mixture:
2 8oz cream cheese packages softened
1 egg beaten
1cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt (less if you so desire)
1 12oz bag of semi sweet chocolate chips
mix together & swirl  through the cake batter waiting in your 13x9 pan. Bake time
as according to cake box. (may need a bit longer...handy eyeballing technique
comes in handy here)

Allow to cool & serve to loving family (or your family if you can't find a
loving one to serve cake to) Kidding!
Kathy says she likes to eat this cake when it is cold.

Here is my incredible ex-sister-law Kathy & her husband John.

Thanks for sharing the recipe for you Black Bottom Cake with me Kathy. Hugs to you & the family! 


I am thankful for the people in my life & for cake

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Time for a Pumpkin Mousse Hunt

Okay everyone today I will show you some really cool easy pumpkin mousse that I whip up with a quick wave of my magick wand. Oh uh alright I use a mixer and other ingredients. Sounded cool though didn't it? Here are the things we need.

The sugar was feeling shy today & ran off to hide before I snapped this. It is over behind the coffee maker. if you look close I drew an arrow pointing towards it but it is kinda small. Oh well, moving on. This pile of ingredients will make about six servings. If you have more hungry mouths to feed, just double it like I did. I did not decide to double up until after this picture was taken. We have a sweet friend Joy, who is 83 & she was pretty upset that the place we stopped at for lunch after hitting some thrift stores the other day was out of Pumpkin Mousse. So I made extra for Joy.   

After you have your pumpkin filling dumped into the mixing bowl add 1/4 cup of shy sugar. (1/8 cup if using single batch method) Mix this up til it is mixed up.

Add your instant vanilla pudding mix & for double batch add 1 teasp. pumpkin pie spice.  Mix until just blended. 

Add the whipped topping & mix thoroughly or until your hand mixer freezes up. If you are lucky, you just happen to have an extra one you snagged last year at a thrift shop cause some inner voice told you to get it cause it was only $2.00 & ya never know.

If you are not lucky enough to have a back up mixer if your main one decides "uh uh I ain't gonna",  then I hope someone with a strong arm is home cause you want this mixed good. (mixer in the back is the one that gave up. I will miss you mixer.. sniff sniff) Then dump the old mixer in the trash can & say buh bye.

Once your mousse is a ready to go you can spoon it into individual serving dishes or just sit down with a big spoon & have at it.

I like to sprinkle just a smidge of the pumpkin pie spice on top for dramatic effect. Here is a serving of my mousse standing next to a paper mache pumpkin I  made. No I was not going for the diseased effect the pumpkin just looks gnarly in this photo. So make away & enjoy!

This recipe is a great way to get that pumpkin taste for Thanksgiving without having to heat up the house too much from baking. That is something we watch out for here in the warm climate of Florida. If the windows are open, turning on the oven may have to lead to closing the house up & turning on the air conditioner. Whipped topping is already in the dish so just grab & serve!

I am thankful for spiderweb martini glasses to put Pumpkin Mousse in.

It's Holiday Open House time over at Texas Monkey ! Pop yourself on over there & find out how to join in.

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Stay cool & casual Kiddies.

Sugar Cut Outs- How to from CakeSpy

Shhhhh...CakeSpy is in the house. I had to show all of you these sugar cut out decorations you can make on your own. Tons of possibilities here. All holidays, special occasions. Whatever it is, you can make this idea work for you.

Look it...its an adorable flower. This makes that cupcake look so much yummier. Get on over & get the how to. Not to worry CakeSpy won't mind you learning her secrets!

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