Corner View: Dinner Party

For the Corner View dinner party,

I would bring LaDonna's(a friend) Baked Beans

and 

Jackie's(a friend) chocolate sheet cake.

Below are the recipes.

 The pictures were found online,

 and are not of my actual creations. 

I am often asked for the recipe of these baked beans,

which I gladly give.

The secret is one pound of bacon!

LaDonna's Baked Beans

3 hrs. covered at 325

uncover last 30 minutes.

If still a bit runny, broil for a few minutes--

watch it though, it burns quickly!

2 cans of 1 lb 13 oz beans

I get Bush's Spicy and then a can of Bush's Regular

l lb. bacon cut up in pieces

2 med. onion in chunks

2 T Worcestershire sauce

1 cup ketchup

1 cup brown sugar

I usually just dump in the ketchup and then dump a handful of brown sugar.

I've gotten so I can use the lid of the Worcestershire sauce--I go by looks.

Stir all together and put in oven in a 9 by 13 pan or dish.

Jackie's Texas Sheet Cake

1 C cooking oil 

1 C water

4 T cocoa

2 C flour

2 C sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

2 eggs

1/2 C sour cream

1 tsp. baking soda

Bring oil, water, and cocoa to a boil. Remove from heat;

add dry ingredients.

Beat 2 eggs in a bowl; add sour cream and baking soda;

mix well.

Add to chocolate mixture.

Beat well.

Bake in a greased jelly roll pan--15 by 10 by 1 inches in a 375 oven 20-22 minutes.

In the meantime make icing:

1 stick butter

1-4 tsp. cocoa ---you want it med. brown

6- 8 tsp. milk

3/4 - 1 box confectioner's sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1 C chopped nuts ( skip this and lay pecans on top after I'm done icing).

Bring 1st 3 ingredients to boil.  Remove from heat and add confectioner's

sugar to desired consistency.

For more corner view recipes,

check out Francesca's beginning on Wednesday morning.