My precious little hubby came home from the Nutritionist yesterday upset because he hadn’t lost the weight he had hoped. We finished dinner and found our way to our matching recliners (they are disguised as wing backs so people just walking in the living room won’t know we are old), when he proceeded to ask me what we were having for dessert. I looked at him and reminded him that he was just complaining an hour ago about not losing weight. He reminded me that that was an hour ago and he was wanting dessert. I hated to tell him that the dessert that I had made was long gone. It had been delivered to some friends and it was too late to make anything last night. He rummaged around our pantry until he found cookies. This morning I promised him I would have dessert awaiting his arrival today. I found this recipe on the back of the Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix box and have it in the oven as we speak (actually as I post). Am adding my own frosting as I still just cannot do canned frosting. It has a can of apple pie filling in it and I did add a half teaspoon of ground ginger to the batter. The house smells divine right now and cannot wait to try it.
1 Duncan Hines Spice Cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/2 teas ground ginger
1 (18 oz) can apple pie filling (not just the canned apples, but the “pie filling” apples
Frosting of your choice (but please don’t tell me if you use the canned, I don’t want to know that)! ha
Combine eggs, cake mix, oil and mix for 2 minutes. Add can of apples.
1 cup chopped nuts (opt) can be added if you like
Pour into a greased 9×13 baking pan and bake until knife inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool and Frost
Browned Butter Frosting
1 cup butter
1 box (16 oz) powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk (might need a little more, but add by tables as needed)
1 teas vanilla
Cook butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, 6-8 min or until butter begins to turn a golden brown. Remove pan from heat immediately and pour butter into a small bowl. Cover and chill 1 hour and butter begins to solidify. Beat butter at medium speed with mixer until fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar, alternately with milk, beginning and ending with sugar. Beat mixture at low speed until well blended. Add vanilla. Spread over cooled cake. Sprinkle with chopped pecans if desired.
Chocolate Castles as wel 