The partys over

This weekend we had Sam's graduation party.

We had a really nice turn out with many friends coming for food, drink and giving congratulations. 

I only got a couple of pictures because it was a busy time.

Here is Sam the graduate beside his cake.

It was a sour cream fudge cake with buttercream frosting.

It was so thick and fudgy and wonderful.

At the end I will include the recipe. 

Here is a close-up of the cake.

As you can tell the school colors are purple and gold.

I found some gold and purple pansies to top it off.

It turned out really pretty.

This was the menu:

Chicken-(ordered from a nearby restaurant)

Taco Bar

Baked Potato Bar

with all the fixins.

Fruit Salad

Oriental Chicken Salad (recipe to follow)

Taco Chips

Potato Chips

Pretzels

Cake

Drinks (pop, beer, water,Smirnoff Ice and Triple Black)

Everybody seemed to go away full and that's good.

Recipes:

Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

3/4 cup sour cream

1/4 cup shortening

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

4 oz melted unsweetened chocolate

Heat oven to 350 degrees

grease and flour two round pans

Beat all ingredients in a bowl on low speed scraping bowl often for 30 seconds.  Beat on high speed scraping bowl occasionally 3 minutes.

Pour into pans.

Bake layers 30 to 35 minutes

The tops of the cakes should spring back when slightly touched.

Cool layers 10 minutes then remove from pans.

Buttercream Frosting

1/2 cup shortening

4 cups powdered sugar

5 T water

1/2 tsp salt

1 t vanilla

1/2 t almond flavoring

1/4 t butter flavoring

Mix all together and spread on cooled cake.

Oriental Chicken Salad

1 bonless chicken breast cooked and cut up

2 T toasted sesame seeds

3 T toasted slivered almonds

1/2 head of cabbage, thinly sliced

1 pkg. Ramen noodles, crumbled

Dressing:

2 T sugar

1/4 t pepper

1/2 c canola oil

3 T white vinegar

1 pkg Ramen Noodle seasoning

Mix ingredients well and pour over salad and toss.