Cajun Cake

Cajun Cake
2 C. flour
1 1/2 C. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. soda
2 eggs
2 C. crushed pineapple with juice (20 oz. can)

Icing:
1 stick margarine or butter
1 C. Evaporated Milk
1 C. Angel Flake coconut
1 C. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 C. nuts

Cake: Mix all ingredients and bake in 9x13 inch pan, well greased. Bake at 325 degrees for 35-40 minutes.

Icing: Combine margarine, milk and sugar. Boil for 5 or 6 minutes. Remove from heat. Add vanilla, coconut and nuts. Pour on cake while cake and icing are still hot.

It tastes good warm or cold.

HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

3 to 4 lbs. chicken
5 cups water or chicken broth (I used broth)
1 lb. baby carrots
5 cloves garlic, minced
3 celery stalks, finely sliced
2 tbsp. fresh parsley, minced
1 tsp. low sodium chicken soup base (or bouillon)
1 large onion, chopped
1 or 2 green onions, chopped (optional)
2 bay leaves
pinch ea oregano and thyme
salt and pepper (to taste)
additional seasonings of your choice (to taste)

Put all ingredients in Crockpot.

Cooks Note: Allow soup to come to a boil for 1 minute, then reduce heat until steaming hot but not boiling (barely simmering is OK). A boiled chicken soup is tasteless. If your Crockpot doesn't allow a steaming hot soup without rapid boiling, do not use it for making soup.

Cook all day (6-8 hours) or until chicken is tender (not stringy).

Thirty minutes before serving time, add homemade noodles; cook until noodles are tender. Taste and season soup with salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder, to taste, before serving.

Homemade Noodles:

1 cup sifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg, beaten
1-2 tbsp. water or milk

Measure flour onto a work surface or into a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the flour and add egg, water and salt into the center. Mix to make a stiff paste.

Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and knead until it forms a smooth ball.Cover and lest rest for 5 minutes.

Roll out to a 1/8-inch thickness. Turn and roll very thin. (A pasta machine may be used).

Allow to dry for 1 hour, then cut into lengthwise strips of 2 1/2-inches wide and stack. Then slice the other way to one-eighth to one-sixteenth inch width. Separate and allow to dry.

Add noodles to chicken soup and cook on high for 20 minutes.

Variation: To make pot-pie noodles, cut noodles into 1 1/2 to 2 inch squares.

Submitted by: CM

I found this at Cooks.com. I made the Homemade noodles but they didn't turn out well (they were tough). Probably something I did wrong but they were still edible and I cooked a little longer to soften them.