06 May 2010-marks my husbands 55th Birthday! Tradition has it, that the birthday boy brings cake to work. My husband is an officer in the German airforce and has 70 people in is department! That is a lot of cake! So, I made a Zitronenblechkuchen(Lemon Sheet Cake), 2 different batches of brownies and of course a decorated 11X15 chocolate cake! As I am writing this post, the cakes are being enjoyed by my husband and his department!

Here the recipes!

  Zitronenblechkuchen                                                          

250 gr Butter, schaumig rühren

6 Eier, eins nach dem andern gut unterrühren

2 Zitronen, Saft und Schale beigeben. unterrühren

350 g Mehl

300 g Zucker

1 Päckli Backpulver

1 Päckli Vanillezucker

vermischen und auf ein grosses Kuchenblech verteilen.

Backen: Im vorgehiezten Ofen bei 180 grad ca. 20 Minuten.

Guss:

250 g Puderzucker

1-2 Zitronen, Saft

Den Kuchen noch heiss damit bestreichen

Cyn´s Brownies

Recipe can be found in her book: Cynthia Barcomi´s Backbuch

Hershey´s Best Brownies

1 cup butter or margine

2 cups sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 eggs

3/4 cup cocoa

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup chopped nuts(optional

Heat oven to 350 F. Grease 13x9x2 baking pan. Microwave butter 2 to 21/2 min or until melted. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well with wooden spoon after each addition. Add cocoa; beat until well blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well. Stir in nuts, if desired. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until brownies just begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Devils Food Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Frosting

Please drop me a mail at huey-mikey@t-online.de, should you like the Lemon Cake Recipe in English!!