Dried Cranberry & Nut Scones

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup chilled butter or margarine
½ cup FAVE's Dried Cranberries, Blueberries, or chopped Dried Cherries,Mangoes or Pineapple
½ cup FAVE's baked peanuts, cashews, almonds or any nuts
1 extra large egg
½ cup milk


Directions
Preheat oven to 220°C.
Mix the flour, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, baking powder and salt.
Cut in the butter until it resembles small peas. Stir in Peanuts and cranberries. Whisk together egg and milk; reserve 1 tablespoon of the mixture.
Add remaining mixture to flour mixture, stir quickly just until the dough holds together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface; knead dough gently 10 to 12 times.
Pat into an 8-inch circle about ½-inch thick; place on a greased baking sheet. Score into 8 wedges. Brush top with reserved milk-egg mixture; sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
Bake for about 18 - 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into wedges; serve warm. Makes 8 scones.

Chocolate Pound Cake

Ingredients
CAKE
1 cup or 2 sticks butter
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup milk

ICING
1/2 cup or 1 stick margarine
3 tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons milk
1 box confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla


Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.. Grease and flour a tube pan.

CAKE
Cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, and continue beating. Add vanilla.
Sift dry ingredients together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk, starting and ending with dry ingredients.

Pour batter into prepared tube pan. Bake for 2 hours. Let cake cool in the pan for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and frost immediately, while still hot.

ICING
Melt margarine in top of a double boiler over boiling water. Add other ingredients, stirring well. (Be sure to sift the confectioners' sugar.) Spread the frosting over the hot cake. If icing begins to harden, place back over boiling water and stir until of spreading consistency again.