In my childhood summers we would often have picnics in parks with friends and relatives. The dads would go golfing long before most women took up such pass times. The women had their signature dishes which they usually brought. Mom had a cole slaw that I have never been able to duplicate. She made glorified rice which was a rice pudding. Hamburgers were the meat dish. And for dessert my mom often made Red Earth Cake with Rocky Road Icing. This was before cake mixes were common.
Red Earth Cake
Ingredients:
4 Tsps. cocoa powder
1 tsp. red food coloring
1/4 c. luke warm coffee
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. sour milk or buttermilk
Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs and and sour milk gradually. Then stir in flour, soda, salt. Add cocoa, coffee and vanilla. Bake in a 9 by 13 cake pan at 350 degrees for around 30 minutes.
Rocky Road Icing
1 stick butter
4 Tbsps. cocoa powder
1/3 c. milk
3 c. powdered sugar
1 c. dry roasted salted peanuts
around 1/2 bag of marshmallows--either mini or the ever popular cutting big marshmallows into 1/4 pieces
Spread peanuts and marshmallows over the top of the cooled cake. Cook butter, cocoa and milk to a boil. Add powered sugar. While hot spread over the top of the cake with the marshmallows and peanuts on top.
Mom thought maybe this recipe came from relatives in Oklahoma.
If you have any summer picnics, try a new signature dessert cake if you like.
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