#464 - Moist Chocolate Cake (2) with Peanut Butter Frosting

(by Kim [Hane] Snyder)

2 cups white sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
5 heaping TBSP Hershey's cocoa
3/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs (OR 4 egg whites)
1 cup Mazola salad oil
1 cup sour milk (which is 1 cup milk with 2 TBSP cider vinegar stirred into it)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. baking soda dissolved in 1 cup boiling water
Frosting: 3 cups Domino's powdered sugar, 1/3 cup Jif peanut butter, 1/3 cup milk, 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

In a mixer, add white sugar, flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt--stir with a spoon to mix and do not turn on mixer yet. Add eggs, salad oil, sour milk, vanilla, boiling water/baking soda--start mixing slowly with the mixer, then mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour batter into a 13 x 9 x 2 greased and floured cake pan--bake at 300 degrees on the bottom oven rack for 45 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. When cake is completely cool, use a mixer to make the frosting--beat the powdered sugar, peanut butter, milk and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Frost the cake.

#348 - Homemade Onion Rings

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 large onion
frying oil
1 cup sifted flour
2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1 TBSP salad oil

Peel onion and slice about 1/4" thick, then separate into rings. Place rings in a bowl with cold water and let stand for 30 minutes. Drain the rings and spread out on paper towels to dry. Sift flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl and set aside. Beat the egg yolk slightly, then stir in milk and salad oil with the egg yolk. Add the egg yolk mixture to the flour mixture and stir until smooth. Beat egg white in a bowl until stiff peaks form, then fold the egg white into the batter. Heat 1" of frying oil in saucepan to 375 degrees. Dip the onion rings in batter and let excess batter drip off. Drop several rings at a time into hot oil and fry until golden. Drain on paper towels.