Prairie Beer Cake

Makes one 10 inch tube cake.

3 c. sifted all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking soda                             

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. allspice                                   

1/2 tsp. cloves

1 c. shortening

2 c. firmly packed brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 c. finely chopped nuts

2 c. beer

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Sift flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and cloves into a bowl.   Set aside.

Cream shortening, gradually add sugar.   Beat until light.   Add eggs, beating until light and fluffy.   Reserve 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture.   Gradually add remaining flour to sugar mixture.   Mix well.   Add beer and beat until blended.

Add reserved flour to nuts.   Mix well.   Fold into batter.   Spoon into a greased 10 inch tube pan.   Bake for one hour or until done.

Eclair Cake

Cake:
1 stick butter
4 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup water

Boil water and butter
Remove from heat
Mix slowly, adding flour
Mix in eggs one at a time

Pour into a greased  13 x 9 cake pan
Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes (very lightly browned—don’t be concerned about the appearance)
Cool about 30 minutes;

Topping:
2 vanilla or French vanilla small instant pudding
8 oz. cream cheese  (soften)
8 oz. Cool Whip
3 cups Milk
Chocolate Sauce  (Chocolate Sundae Sauce froom the store works well)

Beat together the pudding, milk and cream cheese to a pudding-like consistency
Pour on top of Cake
Spread container of Cool Whip on top of mixture
Decorate with lines of Chocolate Sauce

Whiskey Cake

Ingredients for Whiskey Cake

Cake:
1 package of yellow cake mix (not the pudding kind)
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup  oil
1 cup milk
1 and 1/2 ounce whiskey
1 cup walnuts

Topping:
4 ounces of butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup whiskey

Mix all cake ingredients together.  Bake  in a greased and floured bundt cake pan for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees. Then start the topping by melting the butter  over low heat and adding sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add whiskey to the topping mix and take off heat. poke holes in warm cake in pan and pour 1/2 toppinginto holes. remove cake from pan in 10-15 minutes. Add remaining topping over cake.