More Cakes

Emma's Pink and Purple Cake with Marshmellows and Sprinkles, as requsted.

Joanna's Super Dupper Chocolate Lover's Cake

The Cake for our 30th, it was a big one, two cakes on one.

Lasagna

This is my mom's recipe but for some reason even though we both use the same recipe it seems to turn out differently than when my mom makes it. So maybe it will come out differently when you make it. This recipe is really easy and is a bit healthier than the more traditional recipe.

Ingredients

1/2lb/500g ground beef/mince

2-3 cans tomato puree/sauce

1 tbls Basil

1 tbls Oregano

Garlic

1 packet of Lasagna sheets

1kg of cottage cheese (I like cheese)

Directions

1) Brown meat and drain fat

2) Add tomato puree, basil, oregano and garlic

3) Simmer for approx 15 minutes, the sauce will thicken up a bit and that is good.

4) For the US cook the pasta according to the directions, in NZ use the instant sheets or you can also use fresh sheets.

5) In a baking dish place everything in layers

Tomato

Pasta

Cheese

Tomato

Pasta

Cheese and so on...

6) End with the cheese then cover with Mozzarella cheese and Parmesan.

7) Bake in over at 180C/350F for 30-35 minutes till nice and bubbly.

8) When ready let stand for about 5 minutes to let set, this is the hardest part of the whole process.

Oh and sorry for the sad picture but I only had one piece left to take a picture of.

Alfredo Sauce

This recipe is so yummy. I have wanted to try and make this for a long time and tried it and it is great! You can buy Alfredo sauce from the store but it isn't as good as this. It doesn't reheat that great, the butter separates but it does still tastes good. It is also a good excuse to eat it all that night.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

2-3 cloves garlic (I have used just garlic powder)

3 tbls flour

pepper

2 cups cream

1 cup Parmesan cheese

1 cup mozzarella

Directions

1) Melt Butter in a sauce pan

2) Add garlic and cook for a few minutes. Don't let the garlic burn if you use real garlic.

3) Add flour and pepper, stir for a minute

4) Add cream and let simmer for about 2 minutes, make sure it doesn't boil

5) Remove from heat or place on low and add Parmesan. At this point you can add the Mozzarella if you want to.

6) Once melted remove from heat and pour over pasta of your choice.

With all that wonderful butter, and cream and cheese. It isn't the healthiest meal in the world but who said I was healthy.