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Catholic Recipe: Picnic Cake

    INGREDIENTS

  • Favorite Cake mix
  • 1/3 cup melted butter or margarine
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • salt
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • Details

  • Yield: 1 cake
  • Prep Time: 2 hours
  • Difficulty: N/A
  • Cost: n/a
  • For Ages: n/a
  • Origin:

A plain square cake with a crumb topping is a nice picnic dessert.

DIRECTIONS

Prepare any favorite cake mix; bake in square pan; let cool in pan. Combine 1/3 cup melted butter or margarine, 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, few grains salt, 1 cup flaked coconut, and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts. Spread evenly over surface of cake. Broil slowly until golden brown. Serve cake from pan.

Recipe Source: Cook's Blessings, The by Demetria Taylor, Random House, New York, 1965
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