Margarita Kay Party

The Margarita/Mary Kay party was a big success.  As promised, here are the recipes for the snacks and the margaritas!

Margarita Cake (adapted):

10.5 oz. white cake mix

3.4 oz. instant vanilla pudding

4 eggs

1/2 c. oil

2/3 c. orange juice

1/4 c. fresh lime juice

1/4 c. tequila

Glaze x2:

1 c. powdered sugar

1 T. tequila

2 T. fresh lime juice

grated lime peel

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.  Combine cake mix, pudding, eggs, oil, OJ, lime juice, and tequila.  Beat for 2 minutes.  Bake for 45-50 minutes.

Prepare 1 batch of glaze.  Remove the cake from the oven.  Using a long skewer, poke holes in the hot cake, and pour glaze over the cake while still in the pan.

Cool for 10-15 minutes and flip onto a plate.  Prepare another batch of glaze.  Pour over warm cake.

The cake wasn't especially pretty, but it tasted fantastic!!!  Got lots of requests for the recipe for this one.  I didn't make the second glaze thick enough so it ran down the cake onto the plate.  :P  I just spooned more of it over each piece of the cake as I cut it.

Cowboy Caviar (adapted):

15.5 oz. can black beans, drained

15.5 oz can pinto beans, drained

14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, drained

 2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed

 1/2 medium onion, chopped

 1/4 cup frozen chopped green bell pepper

 1/2 cup chopped pickled jalapeno peppers

 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1 cup Italian salad dressing

Mix it all up real good-like.

This makes a GIANT batch!  It's a good thing my girlfriends and I are having a beginning of hunting season, girls-only sleepover this weekend.  Bring on the sweatpants and snacks!

Jalapeno Dip (adapted):

24 oz. container sour cream

1 oz. package ranch dressing mix

12 oz. jar pickled jalapeno pepper slices

1 bunch cilantro

Mix the ranch dressing mix into the sour cream.  Finely chop the jalapenos and fold them into the sour cream mixture.  I accidentally forgot the cilantro because I accidentally hate cilantro.

This is really good, but super spicy!  If you aren't a big fan of lots of heat, cut down the amount of the jalapenos that you use.

New Allison's Mambo Margaritas (from "The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love"):

12 oz. tequila

12 oz. lemon-lime pop

12 oz. Mexican beer, like Corona

12 oz. frozen limeade concentrate

Mix it all together in a pitcher and call a designated driver.

I know, I know.  It sounds weird, but it is soooooooo good.  Try it.  Seriously.  Just don't try to make a blended version because the carbonation in the beer and pop will make a giant mess of wasted booze all over your kitchen.