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I'll submit this recipe I wrote a couple years ago because it's fun!

Tickle Me Cake

My grandson Zack, age two, is a bit too young to understand the concept of menu planning. However, he isn't shy about offering, even demanding, input into selecting food for his immediate gratification. Lately he's taken to grabbing me by the hand, leading me into the kitchen, and saying, "Cook Poppa."

Last night, having preparation for dinner well in hand, I asked what he thought I should cook. "Cake!" Zack replied. (He's only recently learned to distinguish various baked sweets from each other. They all used to fall into his catch-all category of "cookie".)

I didn't have a lot of extra time before dinner, so I decided to throw together a simple pan cake previously known as Mock Chocolate Cake:

For Cake:
3 c AP Flour
2 c Sugar
1/2 c Carob Powder (Cocoa would work as well, but more on that later)
2 tsp Baking Soda
2 c Strong Black Coffee (room temp)(water is okay too)
2/3 c Vegetable Oil
2 T Vinegar
2 tsp Vanilla

For Frosting:
1 Stick Butter
1 c Brown Sugar
1/4 c Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
2 c Powdered Sugar

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

Mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Add all wet ingredients and mix well with flat whisk or fork.
(you could mix this all right in the baking pan, but then there wouldn’t be a bowl to lick!)
Spread mixture in 9 x 13 inch pan.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.

You can eat it unadorned or sprinkle it with powdered sugar. I like to use this Caramel Frosting:

Melt Butter in heavy medium-sized Pan over Med Heat. Stir in Brown Sugar and bring to a boil for 2 minutes.
Add Milk, return to boil 1 for 1 minute.
Allow mixture to cool to room temp and add Vanilla and Powdered Sugar.
Stir until smooth and apply thick coat atop cooled Cake

In honor of Elmo, the Muppet character we'd been playing with on the computer, Zack and I renamed the cake "Tickle Me Cake". Besides being distinctive, this name provides me with the opportunity to ask, whenever the subject of the cake comes up, (which is quite often), "What kind of cake is it?", to which Zach has to reply, "Tickle me!". Then he gets tickled and laughs uproariously. It works every time.

The reason Tickle Me Cake uses Carob rather than Cocoa is because a significant portion of everything Zack eats ends up on the floor and is subsequently consumed by our three dogs. Chocolate isn't healthy for dogs, but they can eat carob. (In fact, the reason I used carob in this recipe the first time was because I had some left over from making Dog Brownies.)

Zack always eats the frosting off his cake first and then asks for more. When told he must finish what he has on his plate first he either stuffs the entire piece into his mouth at once, or sneaks some to his fore-mentioned four-footed cohorts.

Ah, a handful of Tickle Me Cake, a Sippi Cup of chocolate milk, and a Shrek dvd. That's Bein' Small and Livin' Large!

I am a serious collector of those little church and community cookbooks....I have a million of them. If was going to submit a recipe, it would be this one....I use it at least twice a month (it doesn't sound like much, but this makes a TON and I freeze them individually wrapped to heat up for breakfasts):

Best Ever Cinnamon Rolls

2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
2 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F)
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
6 cups all-purpose flour, divided
3 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2/3 cup milk

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DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water, and let stand for 3 minutes. Add cake mix, 1 cup flour, eggs, oil, and salt; beat well. Stir in remaining flour until a soft dough forms.
Knead on well floured surface for about 5 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, and turn to coat the dough surface. Let rise until doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Punch down, and divide into two equal parts. Roll out each section on a lightly floured surface. Spread each with softened butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
Roll up like jelly rolls and cut buns 1 1/2 inches thick with a piece of dental floss or a dull knife. Place in greased baking pans, and allow to rise until doubled.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 35 minutes or until golden brown.
Meanwhile, combine confectioners sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter, vanilla, and milk. Remove baked buns from oven and drizzle with frosting.