Tommee cake

I affectionately call this next recipe Tommee cake, after our good friend Tommee Profitt. Him and his wife Angela have been good friends of ours all the way back to the college days, when Nathan and I met Tommee at Grace, and soon there after, his then girl friend, who later became his lovely wife.  Nathan and Tommee roomed together, led worship together, traveled in a band together, and were close accountability brothers, even up till now. Him and his wife are a blessing to us- Angela and I are even pregnant together right now, her with her second, and me with number 3, and it is a blessing to walk through life with these two..

Tommee and Angela had us over for dinner, and Angela made one of my favorite dish of hers-some sort of Mexican lasagna goodness she has made for me before, and I LOVE it.  Ground chicken, corn tortillas, black beans, layers of goodness topped with melty cheese. I finally got the recipe from her:)

I offered to bring a side, so I tried a new corn bread recipe-and boy, am I glad I did!!! I had high hopes for this corn bread, I had stumbled across the idea of mixing a corn bread mix with a yellow cake box mix,[where else, other than my beloved Pinterest] and well, the result was heavenly! I love the gritty texture of corn bread, yet, adding the yellow cake mix added a whole new fluffy dimension and gave it a sweetness that completed it. 

I shared it with them, and Tommee encouraged and raved more than I have ever received feed back from anyone! He could not stop talking about it or singing its praises or EATING it! And this is the guy who is on some crazy 30 day exercise regimen and it seemed to all go to pot when he put his mouth around that corn bread. It filled my heart with gladness and laughter that he chose to lift me up so much! So, what better, than to name the recipe after him! 

It is corn bread. It is cake. It reminds me of Johnny cake, a bit more dense, yet, somehow, it is fluffy, buttery, and sweet. You don't even need honey. All you need is a little pat of Country Crock butter, and you are golden. in every sense of the word. 

So, without further ado, please give this corn bread a try. I assure you, you will not be sorry you did. 
[at least that is my hope.]

you'll need:

2 jiffy corn bread mixes
1 yellow cake mix [i used Betty Crocker]
5 eggs
2/3 cup milk [i used 2%]
1 cup water
1/2 cup canola oil

preheat oven to 350 degrees

spray a glass 9x13 dish. set aside

In large mixing bowl, [i used my kitchen aide], combine dry mixes, and wet ingredients, and stir/mix, until it forms a wet batter. you don't want many chunks remaining. 

pour into dish and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpic inserted comes out clean. 

cool [only slightly] and cut into large square and slather in a bit of butter. 
serve warm.