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Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• edible flower
• white sugar
• powdered sugar
• vanilla extract
• butter
• cream cheese
• pecan
• banana
• pineapple
• vanilla extract
• egg
• vegetable oil
• salt
• cinnamon
• all-purpose flour
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter two 9-inch round cake pans, then dust with flour. Set aside.
2. 2 Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl; whisk quickly to combine. Add oil and eggs and mix with a spatula until just combined.
3. 3 Add vanilla, pineapple, bananas, and toasted pecans, and mix until thoroughly combined. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans. Shake each pan then tap on the counter to settle the batter and bring any air bubbles to the top.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
5. 5 Let cakes cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Let cool completely, at least 1 hour.
6. 6 Combine cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment on high speed, mix until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides as necessary with a spatula. Mix in the powdered sugar on a lower speed in 3 or 4 additions until mostly incorporated. Increase to high speed and whip until light and fluffy.
7. 7 Place one cake on a serving platter. Spread 1/2 of the frosting on top, leaving 1/4 to 1/2 inch unfrosted at the edges. Top with second cake layer and give it a firm but gentle press. Pile remaining frosting on top and spread toward the outside.
8. 8 Place in the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour.
9. 9 Meanwhile, draw or trace a hummingbird template on a piece of paper and lay on a baking sheet under a silicone mat (such as Silpat®).
10. 10 Heat sugar for hummingbird in a saucepan over medium-low heat until dissolved, hot, and amber in color. Drip liquid sugar onto the silicon mat, tracing the hummingbird pattern. Let sit until hard.
11. 11 Place cooled hummingbird on top of cake and decorate with edible flowers.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• yellow cake mix
• banana

Instructions

1. 1 Prepare yellow cake mix according to package directions.
2. 2 Mash the bananas with the baking soda and stir into the cake mix batter. Pour batter into one greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan.
3. 3 Do not preheat oven. Place uncooked cake in oven and turn oven on to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 1 hour. Let cake cool thoroughly and then refrigerate.

By Carolyn Micklas

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• white sugar
• semisweet chocolate chip
• brown sugar

Instructions

1. 1 Combine the flour, baking soda, white sugar, and the chocolate chips. Place 1/2 of the mixture in a clean quart sized glass jar, and pack firmly. Place the brown sugar on top, again packing firmly. Place the remaining flour mixture on top. Cover with a lid.
2. 2 Attach an index card with the following directions: Empty contents of jar into a large bowl. In separate bowl combine 3/4 cup of butter, 1 1/2 eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until creamy. Add to dry mixture. Drop by tablespoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake in a preheated 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

By Julia

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• golden syrup

Instructions

1. 1 Grease an 8-inch square cake pan. Fill a bowl with cold water.
2. 2 Bring sugar and golden syrup to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer until a small amount of syrup dropped into the water turns brittle, 10 to 15 minutes.
3. 3 Remove from heat and carefully add baking soda; stir quickly until foaming subsides and mixture turns golden. Pour into prepared cake pan. Cool until set, about 15 minutes. Break into bite-size chunks to serve.

By Nicola

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• cream of tartar
• white sugar

Instructions

1. 1 In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, cream of tartar, and sugar. Stir with a whisk, then place into a one quart canning jar.
2. 2 Attach a tag with the following recipe to the jar: Snickerdoodles 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2. In a large bowl, cream 1 cup of butter and 2 eggs. Pour in the snickerdoodle mix, and stir until a dough forms. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls, roll the balls in the cinnamon-sugar mixture, and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. 3. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be light brown. Cool on wire racks.

By Diane

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• oat
• all-purpose flour
• brown sugar
• shortening

Instructions

1. 1 In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, flour, baking soda and brown sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles cornmeal. There should be no lumps of shortening left. Measure 1/2 cup of the mixture into re-sealable bags or containers for storage. Label and date each bag. This mix can be stored in a cool dry place for up to 12 weeks.
2. 2 To make the cookies, empty one package of the mix into a bowl. Stir in 2 teaspoons of water, 1 tablespoon of raisins and 1 tablespoon of mini semisweet chocolate chips. Mix well and shape teaspoonfuls of dough into small balls. Place balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and flatten with the buttered bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Follow you oven's instructions for baking.

By Nancy

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• brown sugar
• white sugar
• semi-sweet chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Pour into a 1-quart canning jar. Layer with brown sugar, white sugar, and chocolate chips (in that order), making sure to pack down all the ingredients.
2. 2 Cover and decorate the jar as desired. Copy baking instructions onto a tag and attach to the jar.

By Marie Angel Cat

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• graham cracker crumb
• salt
• egg
• vanilla extract
• chocolate-hazelnut spread

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Combine the graham cracker crumbs, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; add the egg, vanilla, and chocolate-hazelnut spread and mix by hand until well blended. Form the mixture into 1 1/2-inch balls and place on a baking sheet 2 inches apart.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until crispy on the outside, 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to rest on cookie sheet a few minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool.

By mommascookin

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• water
• vanilla extract
• white sugar
• water
• corn syrup
• pecan
• butter

Instructions

1. 1 Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat. Mix together baking soda, 1 teaspoon water, and vanilla in a small bowl; set aside.
2. 2 Mix together sugar, 1 cup water, and corn syrup in a 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches 240 degrees F (115 degrees C) on a candy thermometer, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from water and placed on a flat surface, about 25 minutes.
3. 3 Stir in pecans and butter. Heat to 300 degrees F (149 degrees C) or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads, about 13 minutes. Immediately remove from the heat and stir in reserved baking soda mixture, until candy is light and foamy.
4. 4 Pour mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and allow to cool until hardened, 1 to 2 hours. Break into pieces.

By Fall

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• corn syrup
• white vinegar
• semisweet chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 Grease a disposable 8x8 inch baking pan. Stir sugar, corn syrup, and vinegar together in a heavy saucepan until the sugar is just mixed in, and the mixture looks like dirty sand.
2. 2 Place pan over medium-low heat. Cook to 307 degrees F on a candy thermometer, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; gently stir in baking soda. Pour candy into prepared pan and let cool in a draft free area.
3. 3 Break cooled candy into bite-size pieces. Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler. Dip candy pieces in chocolate to coat. Let chocolate harden; store candy in an airtight container.

By Lisa Marie Hardin

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• corn syrup
• white vinegar
• chocolate chip

Instructions

1. 1 In a large saucepan over medium heat, stir together the sugar, corn syrup and vinegar. Bring to a boil, and heat to the hard crack stage, 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Do not stir once the mixture begins to boil.
2. 2 While you wait for the sugar to come up to temperature, grease a 7x11 inch baking dish. When the mixture reaches the hard crack stage, remove from heat, and quickly stir in the baking soda with a long handled spoon; it will become very foamy. Pour immediately into the prepared dish, and set aside to cool. Cut into little pieces when cool.
3. 3 If you wish to coat the candies with chocolate, melt the chocolate chips in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. If the chocolate is too thick, some vegetable oil may be added. Dip pieces of candy in chocolate, and place on waxed paper until set.

By GOLIZ114

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• peanut
• sugar
• corn syrup
• water

Instructions

1. 1 Lay out several sheets of foil to spoon the hot peanut brittle onto.
2. 2 In a large skillet mix the sugar, syrup, and water together. Cook at a medium-high heat, stirring regularly. Heat until the mixture has a hard ball consistency. Heat to 250 to 265 degrees F (121 to 129 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball. If you don't own a candy thermometer, occasionally hold spoon above mixture, allowing it to drip off spoon. When mixture is at hard ball stage, it will 'hair' off the spoon when falling, looking like a clear spider web.
3. 3 Once mixture is at hard ball consistency, add raw peanuts. (They will pop a little.) When mixture starts to turn a light clear-brown, as if it's starting to burn, remove from stove. Add soda and stir. Mixture will foam up.
4. 4 Spoon out bite-size pieces onto unbuttered foil, stirring constantly between each couple of pieces. Mixture can also be poured onto unbuttered foil as one big piece and broken into smaller pieces once cooled.

By Gina

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• cooking spray
• banana
• chocolate cake mix

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. 2 Mix bananas and baking soda together in a bowl. Add cake mix; stir to create a thick batter. Spread into the prepared baking pan.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

By Sandra B

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• white sugar
• egg
• pineapple
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15 inch sheet pan.
2. 2 Sift together the flour, sugar and baking soda into a large bowl. Stir together the eggs, pineapple with juice and vanilla. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the pineapple mixture. Mix well and spread into prepared pan.
3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

By Beverly

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• white sugar
• corn syrup
• water
• honey

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Line a baking dish with parchment paper, measure out baking soda in a small bowl, and have a heat-proof spatula ready before starting.
3. 3 Whisk sugar, corn syrup, water, and honey together in a saucepan with a candy thermometer attached. Heat over medium heat until the mixture is thinner but still cloudy. Let bubble until the mixture is clear and the thermometer registers 300 degrees F (149 degrees C).
4. 4 Remove from heat. Whisk in baking soda until just incorporated.
5. 5 Switch to a spatula and very carefully pour into the lined dish. Do not spread it out with your spatula or compress the mixture at all, or the bubbles will deflate. Let cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
6. 6 Remove candy from the pan by lifting out the parchment paper. Rap against the counter and use your fingers to break it into individual pieces.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• butter
• white sugar
• egg
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. 2 Mix flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a small bowl.
3. 3 Beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; stir in egg and vanilla extract. Gradually blend flour mixture into butter mixture. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and toss in remaining 1/4 cup sugar; place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
4. 4 Bake in preheated oven until golden, 8 to 9 minutes. Let stand on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.

By Sue Lavey

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• white sugar
• heavy cream
• butter
• vanilla extract
• pecan

Instructions

1. 1 Butter a 9x13-inch dish and a medium, heavy saucepan.
2. 2 Combine 4 cups sugar and cream in the buttered saucepan. Set aside.
3. 3 Pour remaining 2 cups sugar in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar begins to melt.
4. 4 Place the saucepan with sugar and cream over low heat, stirring occasionally.
5. 5 Continue to cook and stir sugar in the skillet until completely melted and light brown. Pour melted sugar very slowly, in a thin stream, into the lightly simmering cream, stirring constantly. This step may take about 5 minutes, and works best if someone pours the melted sugar very slowly.
6. 6 Heat, without stirring, to 242 to 248 degrees F (116 to 120 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a firm but pliable ball. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda (mixture will foam). Drop the butter into the foaming mixture and let rest without stirring for 30 minutes.
7. 7 Stir in vanilla with a wooden spoon and continue to stir vigorously until mixture loses its gloss, 10 to 15 minutes. Then fold in pecans and quickly turn candy into the prepared 9x13-inch dish. Let cool until just warm and cut into 1-inch pieces.

By Karen Rodgers

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• all-purpose flour
• mayonnaise
• salt
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Mix together sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt. Add mayonnaise and vanilla. Mix together very well.
2. 2 Shape into walnut sized balls. (The dough will be crumbly). Mash with a fork, sprinkle with sugar. Bake 12 minutes in a 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven.

By Kay Mettlen

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• peanut butter
• white sugar
• egg
• salt
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2. 2 In a medium bowl, stir peanut butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Press a criss-cross into the top using the back of a fork.
3. 3 Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

By BAKINGNUTS

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• buttermilk
• white sugar
• butter
• egg
• all-purpose flour
• cocoa powder

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x12-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Stir buttermilk and baking soda together in a bowl until dissolved and foaming.
3. 3 Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat the first egg into butter mixture until completely blended; beat in the second egg until incorporated.
4. 4 Whisk flour and cocoa powder together in a bowl. Beat flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk mixture, into creamed butter mixture using an electric mixer until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool cake for 30 minutes.

By MarkWayne

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• sugar
• salt
• water
• mayonnaise
• unsweetened chocolate

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan.
2. 2 In a large bowl, sift together flour, soda, sugar, and salt. Add the water, mayonnaise, and melted chocolate. Mix together well.
3. 3 Bake for 35 minutes, or until done. Frost with your favorite icing.

By Sue Dorfler

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• lemonade drink mix
• shortening

Instructions

1. 1 In a medium bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, and lemonade drink mix. Stir to blend. Cut in shortening with a fork or pastry blender until mixture resembles corn meal.
2. 2 Spoon about 1/3 cup mixture into 10 small containers or sealable plastic bags. Label and store in cool, dry place. Use within 12 weeks.
3. 3 Preheat Easy Bake oven. Grease and flour a 4 inch miniature cake pan.
4. 4 To make a cake: Empty the contents of one bag cake mix into a small bowl. Using a fork, mix with 4 teaspoons water until smooth.
5. 5 Bake according to manufacturer's instructions

By Nancy

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• cocoa powder
• salad dressing
• sugar
• water
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or use paper liners. Sift all-purpose flour, baking soda and cocoa together and set aside.
2. 2 Whip salad dressing, white sugar, water, and vanilla together until mixed thoroughly. Add flour mixture slowly and beat at medium speed of an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Divide batter into prepared muffin pans.
3. 3 Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 25 minutes.

By Sue

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• egg
• white sugar
• shortening
• all-purpose flour
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. 2 Mix shortening and sugar well. Add eggs. Mix dry ingredients together and add to shortening mixture until dough is stiff and doesn't seem sticky (you may not need to add all of the flour).
3. 3 Roll out on a floured board. Cut into shapes. Decorate with sprinkles or colored sugar. Re-roll trimmings and cut into shapes until all of the dough has been used.
4. 4 Bake on lightly greased cookie sheets for 8 to 9 minutes.

By Jane Choate

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• orange
• all-purpose flour
• sugar
• vegetable oil
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Blend orange in the blender until liquified; measure 1 cup orange juice.
3. 3 Whisk orange juice, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

By Stephanie

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• rolled oat
• brown sugar
• all-purpose flour
• white sugar
• cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1 In a 1 quart jar, layer the ingredients in the following order: half of the oats, half of the brown sugar, flour. Mix together the sugar, baking soda and cinnamon, put on top of flour, then remaining brown sugar and remaining oats. Screw on the lid and attach a tag with the following instructions:
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. In a large bowl, beat 1 1/4 cups of butter with 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla until fluffy. Stir in the contents of the jar. Drop cookies by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on cookie sheets for 1 minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

By Sally

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• brown sugar
• white sugar
• semisweet chocolate chip
• all-purpose flour
• salt

Instructions

1. 1 Mix the salt and baking soda with the flour, then layer the ingredients into a 1 quart, wide mouth jar. Use scissors to cut a 9 inch-diameter circle from calico. Place over lid, and secure with rubber band. Tie on a raffia or ribbon bow to cover rubber band.
2. 2 Enclose a card with the following mixing and baking directions: Chocolate Chip Cookies 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). 2. In a large bowl, cream 1 cup of unsalted butter or margarine until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix in cookie mix. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough, spaced well apart, onto a greased cookie sheet. 3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.

By Laura Ashby

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• all-purpose flour
• white sugar
• butter
• water
• molasses

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2. 2 Mix flour, sugar, and butter together in a large bowl until large crumbs form. Separate 2 cups of the flour mixture into another bowl and set aside.
3. 3 Stir boiling water, molasses, and baking soda together in a third bowl until baking soda dissolves; pour into the flour mixture in the large bowl and stir until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the reserved flour mixture over the top of the batter.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

By Pam Eisenreich

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• sugar
• buttermilk
• butter
• corn syrup
• vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1 Mix sugar, buttermilk, butter, corn syrup, and baking soda together in a large pan over medium heat. It will expand because of the baking soda. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer for 5 minutes. Take off the heat and stir in vanilla extract. Serve warm.

By Chef Rich

Ingredients

• ✓ baking soda
• peanut butter
• sugar
• egg

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. 2 In a medium bowl, mix together the peanut butter, sugar, egg, and baking soda until well blended. Roll dough into 1 inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. 3 Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on cookie sheets until set, before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

By Vicki Douglas