Cooking With Alicia & Annie: 7-Up Watergate Cake

This is my 2nd entry for the month for Cooking With Alicia & Annie. I'm not sure where this recipe got its name. It is really easy to make. The recipe doesn't say if you are supposed to beat or just and mix. I beat the first 5 ingredients of the cake batter and mixed in the nuts and coconut. My son licked the bowl clean!

For the frosting, I mixed everything but the coconut. The coconut I sprinkled on top of the cake.

The cake is delicious! Especially after it's been in the fridge for a while.

Ingredients:

Cake:

1 pkg white cake mix

3/4 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

1 cup 7-UP, Sprite or Club Soda (I used Sprite Zero)

3 1/2 oz pistacio pudding, instant

1/2 cup finely chopped nuts

1/2 cup coconut

Topping:

8 oz. Cool Whip, thawed (I used sugar free)

3 1/2 oz pistachio pudding, instant

1/2 c. coconut
3/4 c. chopped nuts

Directions:

Mix all cake ingredients. Pour into greased bundt pan and bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Fold all topping ingredients until mixed. Spread over cooled cake and sprinkle with coconut and nuts.

Store in refrigerator.

Before putting in oven - love the green!

After coming out of the oven.

Not the prettiest cake, but yummy!

Cooking With Alicia & Annie: No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

This is my first entry for the Cooking with Alicia and Annie for the month of May. I did not enter any recipes last month and won the for the month of March. Yay! I got some really nice bags in the mail.

I found this recipe on Alicia's site. These cookies were super easy to make. I did have to add a little more oatmeal so they would be firmer. I would definitely make them again; so fast to make!


In a pot, mix: 2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
2 T cocoa
1/2 cup milk

Boil for one minute; removed from heat.


Add: 1 cup chopped nuts (optional) - I skipped
3 cups uncooked oatmeal





Drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet (I used wax paper). Do not cook. Cool. Ready to serve.

Cooking with Alicia and Annie Contest: Peach Cobbler

I found this under fruit on Alicia's Recipes. One of our property manager at work last day was Thursday. I suggested baking her a cake for her last day, but she said she wanted Peach Cobbler. I looked here and found this one. I didn't get a chance to make it Wednesday night, so I brought all the ingredients with me to work and made it in the morning, baking it in the toaster oven. It was very good and got rave reviews. We ate it warm with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients:

1 cup Original Bisquick

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

1 cup sugar

1 can (29 ounces) sliced peaches, drained

Directions:

Heat over to 375 degrees.

Stir together Bisquick, milk and nutmeg in ungreased square baking dish, 8x8x2 inches. Stir in butter until blended. Stir together sugar and peaches; spoon over batter.

Bake 50-60 minutes or until golden brown.

Yield: 6-8 servings