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Nibbles

Strawberry Cake Mix Brownies

My son doesn’t love chocolate (I’m sorry, what?). Given the choice, he will pick gummies over chocolate every time (I don’t understand). He told me this month that he doesn’t like chocolate cake (I. can’t. even.). His favorite cake, and his birthday request every year, is strawberry cake. I knew when he saw this easy recipe for “brownies” that he’d love it.

Yield: 16 brownies Total time: 2 hours
Cakes

Mom’s Strawberry Cake

One weekend while we were sharing a house with our roommate, Randy, Mom came to visit and brought this super-moist pink cake. We all loved it, and several months later Randy asked if we could get the recipe and make another one.

Start with strawberry cake made from a boxed mix, soak it with a mixture of condensed milk and coconut milk, and top it with whipped cream.

Yield: 15 servings Total time: 2 hours
Cobblers

Dump Cake

I had never heard of dump cake, until my college roommate, Elizabeth, introduced it to me. It doesn’t get much more simple than dumping cake mix on top of pie filling, and I’ve often heard of people making it over a fire while camping.

Yield: 4 servings Total time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Cobblers

Glenda’s Blueberry-Nut Dessert

This method of filling a dish with crushed pineapple and frozen blueberries and topping with a cake mix is similar to dump cake.

Yield: 9 servings Total time: 1 hour
Cakes

Matt’s Chocolate Cake

This cake was legendary in the halls of National Instruments. Matt is a wonderful cook, and he’s equally wonderful about bringing food to share with his coworkers. He made this cake for Denise’s birthday, and she raved about the Hershey chocolate icing.

Yield: 8 servings Total time: 2 hours
Cakes

Glenda’s Chocolate Cake

This cake based on a cake mix, pudding mix, and sour cream also has chocolate chips, melted chocolate, and pecans.

Yield: 10 servings Total time: 1 hour