Easy Peasy Pudding Pound Cake

This is the easiest little pound cake... 

Pound. Cake. 

Pound Cake. 

Poooouuuuuunnnnnd Cake. 

Yum. 

Sorry, I got distracted. 

This is the easiest little pound cake recipe I've ever come across. So moist. So sweet. No one will ever know it has only 5 ingredients - all of which you probably have in your pantry right now. 

What You'll Need: 

1 cake mix, any flavor (my favorite is classic white) 

1 4-serving size instant pudding mix, same flavor as cake  mix

1 cup water

1/2 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

 (My favorite little additive: chocolate chips)

Ready for the excruciating instructions? 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 

Beat all your ingredients together for 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl. 

Grease your pan - I always like to grease (with crisco) and dust with flour just to be safe!

Give your whisk one or two more trips around just for fun!

Pour your delicious batter into your prepared pan...

Now throw a good couple handfuls of chocolate chips on there. They melt and sink and create one of the most Heavenly crusts you will ever sink your teeth into. Mmmmm. 

Just trust me... go get the chocolate chips. 

 

Bake at 350 degrees until the cake either tests done (with a toothpick) or springs back when you touch the top near the center. 

Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy. The outside turns beautifully dark brown, and when using a white cake mix, the inside is a glorious gold color. 

Enjoy!

Spiced Pear Turnovers

 

This is a glorious little dessert. Simple. Quick. Just the way I like it! 

What You'll Need:

Yield: 4 turnovers

1 medium-sized pear, ripe

1 can refrigerated biscuits

4 T brown sugar

3 T granulated sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 T powdered sugar

8 T butter

First step, set your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place 1 T butter in each ramekin (or 4 T butter on the bottom of a glass 8x8 or 9x9 pan) and place the dish(es) in the oven.

Peel, core, and slice your pear into little chunks.

 Slam that lovely can of biscuits against the counter until you hear that heavenly 'pop'.

Mix together brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon.


**NOTE: At this moment, I blacked out and completely forgot to take pictures of the next several steps. It's not rocket science, however, and you will do just fine reading the instructions. Take heart! 

Roll out one biscuit on your counter top until it's about the size of a small dinner plate.

Put 1 T sugar mixture in the center of the biscuit. Place 1/4 pear dices over that, and top with 1 T more of the sugar mix.

Roll out another biscuit slightly smaller than the first. Lay it over the pear mix, and fold the bottom biscuit up over the top biscuits edge, forming a seal. Then give it a good closing by running a fork along the edges. (see below)

Repeat with the rest of the turnovers. When they're all ready, place them in the warm ramekins or in the warm dish with the butter melted on the bottom. (Several of the ramekins I used tonight had high sides, so I gave them a little spritz of PAM just in case!)

Top each turnover with 1 T butter, and bake for about 10 minutes. I think. Honestly, I didn't keep track.

Bake them until they're done.

There.

They should look a little something like...

this...

Top them with 1 T sugar mix and a sprinkle of powdered sugar.

Serve them with a scoop of ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.
 

I had planned on taking pictures of the inside... but uhhhhh...

By the time I remembered, this was all that remained:

Woops.