Watergate Salad

Yield: 1 salad	Watergate Salad
1 (3 1/2) oz pistachio	Mix all ingredients and let stand in the refrigerator for
pudding mix	one hour or overnight.
1c chopped pecans
1c miniature marshmallows
1 (9 oz) Cool Whip
1 lg can crushed pineapple

Fruit Cocktail Sheet Cake

Yield: 1 cake	Fruit Cocktail Sheet Cake
1 1/2c plain flour	Mix dry ingredients.  Add oleo and fruit cocktail.  Mix by
1c sugar	hand and pour into a greased 9 x 12 inch cake pan. Mix  1c
1t cinnamon	chopped pecans and 1c packed light brown sugar.  Spread
1t baking soda	over the top of batter and press in.  Bake at 325 degrees for
1c packed light brown sugar	40 minutes or until done.  Top with whipped cream or ice
1t salt	cream.
1 med can fruit cocktail
1 stick oleo, melted
1c chopped pecans

Pound Cake

Yield: 1 cake	Pound Cake
1/2c Crisco shortening	Cream Crisco, butter and sugar together until creamy. Mix
1/2c butter	eggs in one at a time, beating one minute after each.  Blend
2c sugar	in flour and mix well.  Add vanilla.  Bake in greased and
6 eggs	floured tube pan at 300 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes or
2c flour	until done.
1t vanilla

Old Fashioned Fig Cake

Yield: 1 cake	Old Fashioned Fig Cake
2c flour	Sift together first 6 ingredients and set aside.  Mix sugar,
1t salt	oil, eggs and buttermilk.  Add dry ingredients and then add
1t baking soda	pecans, fig preserves and vanilla.  Grease and flour bunt
1t cloves	pan, pour mixture into pan and bake at 350 degrees for
1t nutmeg	45 to 60 minutes until done.
1t cinnamon
1 1/2 c sugar
1c Crisco oil
3 eggs
1c buttermilk
1c fig preserves
1c chopped pecans
1t vanilla

Aunt Mary's Pumpkin Pie

Yield: 2 pies	Aunt Mary's Pumpkin Pie
4 eggs	Beat eggs then add sugar, flour mixture, then pumpkin, milk,
1c sugar	salt,and vanilla. Add melted butter last. Mix well.
2c pumpkin (16oz can)	Divide filling between 2 deep  dish pie crusts.  For a crispier
1c milk	crust, bake the crust for a few minutes before pouring in
1T flour	the filling.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or
1 stick butter, melted	until done.
1/2t salt
1t vanilla

Mississippi Mud Cake

Yield: 1 cake	Mississippi Mud Cake
2 sticks margarine	Melt margarine, add cocoa, eggs, flour, salt and sugar.
1/2c cocoa	Beat well, add nuts and stir.  Pour in greased and floured
4 eggs well beaten	square pan and bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
1 1/2c plain flour	Pour package of marshmallows over cake while still hot.
2c sugar
1 1/2c chopped pecans
dash of salt
1 sm pkg mini marshmallows

Buttermilk Cake

Yield: 1 cake	Buttermilk Cake
1c Crisco	Cream Crisco, sugar, and butternut flavoring.  Add eggs,
3c sugar	one at a time, mixing well between each egg.  Dissolve
2t vanilla	soda in the buttermilk.  Add the flour and buttermilk in
5 eggs	alternating amounts to the egg mixture, mixing well as the
1/3t baking soda	ingredients are added.  Bake in a greased and floured tube
1c buttermilk	pan at 325 degrees for about 70 minutes or until done.
2t butternut flavoring	Dump out onto a cake plate and glaze while it is still hot.
3c cake flour sifted 4 times
	Buttermilk Cake Glaze
	1c powdered sugar                      1T water
	2T orange juice concentrate
	Mix the glaze ingredients thoroughly and pour over cake
	while it is still hot.

Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake

Yeild: 1 cake	Red Velvet Cake
2 1/2c plain flour
1c buttermilk	Cream sugar and Wesson oil.  Add eggs, beat well.  Sift
1 1/2c sugar	together flour, salt, and soda.  Put cocoa, vinegar, and red
2c Wesson oil	food coloring in a cup.  Mix well and add to sugar mixture.
1t vinegar	Beat well.  Add milk, flour and vanilla.  Mix thoroughly.
1t baking soda	Pour into two greased and floured cake pans.  Bake at
1t salt	350 degrees for 30-45 min (or until done).  Baking time
1t vanilla extract	can vary depending on humidity and altitude.  Cool cakes
1T cocoa	completely before frosting.
2T red food coloring
2 eggs	Frosting
	1 stick oleo                               1T vanilla extract
	1 box conf. Sugar                     1c nuts
	1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese, at room temp
	Blend together oleo, sugar, and cream cheese.  Add vanilla
	and nuts.  Beat until spreadable consistency.

Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

Yield: depends on size of	Old Fashioned Tea Cakes
cookies
1/2 c butter	Cream butter and sugar.  Add egg and beat well.  Add soda
1c sugar	to buttermilk and dissolve.  Add all ingredients to flour and
1 egg	mix.  Roll into cookie shapes and bake at 400 degrees until
1/4c buttermilk	brown or desired doneness (I don't like them quite as brown)
1t baking soda
1t vanilla extract
3 1/2 -4c flour

Coca Cola Cake

Yield: 1 cake	Coca Cola Cake
2c sugar
2c flour	Sift sugar and flour together.  Boil butter, cocoa, and cola.
1c buttermilk	Pour over flour and sugar, mixing together.  Dissolve soda in
3T cocoa	buttermilk and pour into the flour mixture, mixing well.
1c coca cola	Add in eggs, vanilla, and marshmallows.  Mix thoroughly
1t baking soda	and pour into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch cake pan.
1/2c buttermilk	Bake for about 45 minutes in a 350 degree oven (or until
2 eggs, beaten	done)
1t vanilla extract
1 1/2c miniature marshmallow	Coca Cola Icing
	1/2cbutter                                      1 box confectioner's sugar
	3Tcocoa                                     1t vanilla extract
	6T coca cola                              1c chopped pecans
	Bring to boil the butter, cocoa, and cola.  Add sugar, vanilla,
	and pecans.  Pour over cake in the pan while icing is hot.