Cake Mix Cookies & Frosting

I borrowed this from Janel Ogden's blog :) this is her picture too!

Cake Mix Cookies

1 Box of your Favorite Cake Mix (today, I used Yellow Cake)
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
2 Eggs

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Scoop dough into small balls (about the size of small bouncy ball) and place two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350.

For the delicious chocolate on top of the cookies, I pulled out the chocolate Fondue I made from Friday. This recipe is from a good friend of mine, and although it is not healthy...it is yummy. This is divine for Fondue, but it worked well too piped onto the top of the cookies:

Chocolate Dipping Sauce
1 cup Butter
1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips

Combine ingredients in saucepan over medium heat. Continue to stir until mixed well together. Then add 1 1/2 cans of Evaporated Milk. Once that is combined, add 3 cups Powdered Sugar, then boil for 3 minutes. Pour into Fondue and start dipping.

White Mountain Frosting

This has a marshmallow texture and is great on Devil's food cake!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water in small saucepan.

Cover; heat to rolling boil over medium heat.

Remove cover and boil rapidly, without stirring, to 242 F on candy thermometer.

As mixture boils, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.

Pour hot syrup very slowly in a thin stream into the beaten egg whites, beating constantly on medium speed.

Beat on high speed until stiff peaks form.

Add vanilla during last minute of beating.

VARIATIONS: Add 1/4 cup sifted cocoa for Cocoa Frosting, folding in till blended; for Lemon Frosting substitute 1 TBSP lemon juice for the vanilla and add 1/4 tsp. grated lemon peel and 10 drops of yellow food coloring; for Pink Mountain Frosting, substitute maraschino cherry juice for the water; for Satiny Beige Frosting substitute brown sugar (packed) for the granulated sugar and decrease vanilla to 1/2 tsp.

Peggy's Favorite Oatmeal Cake

Here are two version of my favorite cake.

Original Recipe
1½ cups very hot water
1 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/3 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix and pour into 9x13" pan and bake for 30 minutes at 350º
Frosting:
Melt and stir
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter (I use real butter)
till bubbly (use medium heat so you don't scorch it)
Remove from heat and add:
2 TBS milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2-1 cup coconut
spread on cake while still warm and it all melts down into the cake.

Healthy Version
1½ cups very hot water
1 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs (or could use 3 egg whites if you're worried about that, but I don't)
½ cup white sugar
1/2 to 3/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/3 cup flour (I have used a mix of unbleached white and whole wheat flour and you can hardly tell the difference from all white flour)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
I started adding these 2 ingredients in my cakes:
½ tsp baking powder (makes the cake fluffier)
1 tsp vanilla
Mix in order and bake at 350°
Frosting:
Melt and stir:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter (I use real butter)
till bubbly (use medium heat so you don't scorch it)
Remove from heat and add:
2 TBS milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2-1 cup coconut
spread on cake while still warm and it all melts down into the cake.