Submitted by Tom M., Jonesborough
1 package fresh cranberries
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup cranberry juice
zest of 1 orange
2 cups sugar
Combine all ingredients in a medium size sauce pan. Will come to a foam. cook for about 10 minutes until berries pop, stirring the whole time. Refrigerate. Note: this is best made the day before you intend to serve it.
Submitted By: Mae Burke, Fall Branch
Cake:
2 cups sugar
1 1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs well-beaten
1 large banana (mashed)
1 tbsp. vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups apples (chopped fine)
1/2 cup pecans
Frosting:
1 stick margarine (softened)
1 - 8 oz. pkg, cream cheese (softened)
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup pecans (chopped fine)
Mix sugar and vegetable oil. Add eggs, banana, and vanilla. Add flour, soda, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Stir in apple and pecans (batter will be stiff). Bake for 60-70 minutes. Let cool before frosting. Mix all ingredients for frosting together and stir well. Spread on cake.
Submitted By: Cecilia Hopwood
1/3 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 rippened bananas
1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
Banana essence
Caramel
Mix well all the ingredients (without the caramel). Pour 1/2 of the mix into a baked pie, add the caramel all over and cover it with the other half. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown.