Crumbs of Comfort: Recent Episodes
Jason Lineberger
We all have a complex relationship with food, family, and memory. Let's walk that path together. In each episode we'll explore the connections between food and memory, using one recipe as our touchstone.
We all know that listening to music is a great way to deal with stress, but did you know how music affects the limbic system? We've got that information for you in this episode!
Robert and special guest explore the changes in the music scene, 2010 to the present. Along the way they drop some insights about topics as diverse as rap/metal crossovers, Yung Gravy (the Morgan Freeman of rap?), and why it's totally ok to listen to Maroon 5.
What are the building blocks for an eclectic and broad taste in music? Mira explores that in this episode of Tune in to You.
Vanessa takes a deep dive in the psychology of music - why we like what we like. You don't want to miss this one!
In this episode of Tune in to You, Lauren takes on the social labels attached to music and questions why we don't all just listen to the music we like. Intrigued? Listen in!
College admissions, moody music, and the ultimate 12 hour playlist - Meow Mix (the final mix).
Dalaney examines the way music enhances experiences. Get hyped for Volleyball Hype Music!
Music is infused in so many aspects of our lives. This episode uncovers the connections between dance, dance routines, sports, academics and music.
In this episode we tag along with Alex, exploring a similar theme to previous episodes - how music has marked the pivotal moments in our lives.
Building off our last episode, Kenzy explores the relationship between life changes and music tastes.
In this episode of Tune in to You our conversation explores how musical tastes change as we change.
Cooking. Rocking out. Music. Halloween. Singing. Mexico. Dads. Rap. Taylor Swift. Teachers. MUSIC!
In this fourth episode of Tune in to You, the spotlight shines on the connection between music and those difficult transition years between childhood and adulthood. But through it all - Taylor Swift.
In this passionate edition of Tune in to You, Kate explains why we need more women in the music industry and why representation matters. Always an angel, never a god.
How do you get by when you're an ABBA fan in a line-dancing town? Take a chance on our podcast and embrace your inner Dancing Queen.
We've got one more episode for you - an exploration of Cary, North Carolina.
Thank you for listening to Sweet Carolin(a)!
Wake Forest, NC has a lot going on. In this episode you'll find out where the action is in this historic town.
Clinton, North Carolina, the county seat for Sampson County, and the home of La Hacienda. What makes this Mexican restaurant so special? Let's find out.
Alexis will help you find those hidden gems in Thomasville, and she shares her advice on appreciating the charms of small town life.
Learn about a beautiful nature feature of North Carolina and one of the oldest rivers in America, the French Broad.
If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too? What if there were alligators in the water below? That's just one of the fun things to do at Lake Waccamaw!
In this episode we take a look into Monroe, NC's past and learn about a civil rights case that shocked the world - the Kissing Case.
This episode takes you to the hub of a census-designated place, the historic Terrell County Store. Learn what this building meant to the community and the lessons that can be learned from that important place.
Learn about some of the fascinating culture and important history of Durham, North Carolina, particularly Black Wall Street and the Royal Ice Cream Sit-in.
The Noda neighborhood in Charlotte is known as an inviting, eclectic, vibrant, artistic area. This episode features a special guest who shares his ten years of Noda experience.
Learn the inspiring story of the Bitty and Beau's coffee chain that started in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Maybe you've seen the recent reality shows about the competitive and dangerous world of tuna fishing off the coast of North Carolina. Maybe you just want to learn more about our sweet state. In either case, give this episode a listen!
North Carolina is home to its share of ghost stories. Have you heard the legend of Heart Beat Bridge? Come with us on a late night haunted journey!
Our first gem is found in Ashe County, a small business in downtown West Jefferson - Madi's Clothing & Accessories. This young entrepreneur has enriched her community while following her dream. Listen in to learn more!
Nonny Cookies
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups all purpose flour
Mix dry ingredients into wet then chill for 3-4 hours (or overnight).
Roll into balls.
Roll in sugar.
Bake at 350-400 for 10 minutes
Here’s the recipe for how we make our vegetable soup!
2 cups of beef broth
1 cup of water
1-2 cups of small golden potatoes (cut in fourths)
1/2 small onion (chopped)
2 cans of peas and carrots
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 spaghettios (without meatballs)
1 can of pork and beans
Put all ingredients into a crockpot and cook for six hours and serve!
Canned vegetables can be substituted with fresh vegetables for this recipe. You can also
introduce more ingredients to change up the recipe as you like.
Enjoy!
Chole: Ingredients:
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Chickpeas
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Onions
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Ginger
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Garlic
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Tomatoes
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Salt
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Turmeric
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Chile powder
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Coriander powder
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Dried Mango powder
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Cilantro
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Black & Green cardamom
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Cumin powder
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Cinnamon stick
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Garam masala
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Cumin seeds
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Cooking oil
Recipe: Chole:
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Soak the chickpeas overnight in water
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Pressure cook them with a little salt until they are soft
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Chop onions, garlic, and ginger and blend the tomatoes in a blender
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In a pan, put some oil, cumin seeds, black cardamom, green
cardamom, and a cinnamon stick. Stir for 30 seconds until they
become fragrant
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Place the onions in the pan and saute them until they are translucent
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Add ginger and garlic and saute for 30 seconds - 1 minute
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Add all the spices - turmeric, chili powder, coriander powder, salt, dry
mango powder, cumin powder. Saute for 30 seconds
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Add the blended tomatoes to the pan
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Stir all the ingredients and cook them until the oil starts to separate
from the rest of the ingredients and the curry is almost to a
paste-like consistency
- Finally, add the boiled chickpeas and stir everything together. Add
water to desired consistency
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Cover the pan with a lid and let the chole simmer for 15-20 minutes
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In the end, top it with some chopped cilantro and garam masala
Ingredients: Bhature:
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1.5 cups of all purpose flour
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⅓ cup fine semolina
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½ tablespoon oil
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½ teaspoon salt
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⅛ teaspoon baking soda
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½ cup plain yogurt
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Water for kneading (as required)
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Oil for deep frying (as required)
Recipe: Bhature:
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Mix all the dry ingredients together
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Add oil and rub the flour between your hands so everything is mixed
well
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Add yogurt and water as needed to form a soft dough
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Cover the bowl and keep it aside for 2 hours
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Afterwards, make small balls out of the dough and roll them out into
flat circles - roughly 6 inches in diameter
- Deep fry and serve hot :))
The recipe is as follows: two cups of all purpose flour, one stick of unsalted butter, 3/4 cup of granulated sugar, two pinches of baking powder, 1/2 tsp. of cardamom, 1/2 tsp. of rose essence, 1/2 cup of canola oil. Mix all of the ingredients together, grab a piece of dough, roll it into a ball with your palms, and flatten to where they are about a half an inch thick and one and a half inch wide. Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. Enjoy!
Want an easy road to southern cooking? Check out this episode about barbecue chicken, tradition, and the start of a lifelong food journey.
Get together with family and enjoy a nice chicken pot pie
Recipe:
1 10-ounce package frozen peas and carrots
1 cup frozen corn
¼ cup butter
⅓ cup all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon dried sage or thyme
⅛ teaspoon pepper
2 cups chicken broth
¾ cups of milk
3 cups cooked chicken, cubed
1 frozen pie shell
In a saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour, salt, sage or thyme,and pepper. Add chicken broth and
milk at the same time. Stir until thick and bubbly. Stir in vegetables and chicken until it is bubbly.
Pour this into your pie shell and bake in a 450 degree oven for 12-15 minutes or until the pie
shell is golden brown.
It's true what they say about the classics- you can never go wrong with them.
Empanadas, an Argentinean staple, are the perfect example. They aren't limited to
Argentina, though. Anyone can give it a shot, including you! Pick up these ingredients at
the grocery store and be prepared for your life to change.
Ingredients:
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Flour
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Eggs
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Butter
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Water
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Ground Beef
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Olive Oil
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Onions
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Peppers
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Potatoes
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Carrots
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Green Olives
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Salt
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Garlic
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Pepper
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Paprika
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Oregano
Directions:
Pastry Dough -
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Dump flour in a bowl and add butter, an egg and water
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Combine until consistency resembles a crumble
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Gather dough in a ball and wrap in plastic wrap
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Chill
Filling -
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Cook beef until browned, season
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Cook vegetables until browned, season
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Mix beef and vegetables in a bowl
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Chill
Assembly -
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Spread dough flat out on a surface dusted with flour
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Cut out circles with your dough
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Brush water on the edges of your circles
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Place one or two spoonfuls of filling in the center
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Fold your circle over, forming a crescent
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Brush egg wash over your crescents
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Bake for 25-35 minutes
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Enjoy!
Fillings:
Potatoes/Cheesy Potato:
make mashed potatoes however you like (for cheesy potatoes add cheese)
Cheese:
Farmers cheese
Cabbage:
Quarter head of cabbage and remove the cores, slice into thin strips. In large sauté pan/stock pot melt 1/4th cup butter over medium heat. Add all slices cabbage to the pan, stir and cover with lid. Cook down, stirring often to prevent burning. Add butter 1 tbs at a time if cabbage tries out. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Continue to stir until cooked down. Cabbage should be soft and lightly brown.
Dough:
2 cups flour
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
Mix flour, salt, and eggs, adding jus enough water to make a pliable dough. Roll into a ball and allow to rest for 20 plus minutes. Then roll out to about 1/8th inch thickness then cut into 3-inch circles or squares.
Full with about 1 tbs of filling in center. Brush edges with egg wash, close, and pinch edges together (with fork or mold for decorative edges)
To cook: drop into boiling water and boil until they float (or at most 10 minutes). Remove with a slotted spoon. Sauté over medium heat with butter and chopped onion.
Recipe
4 cups of vinegar
1 ½ cups of sugar
3-4 tablespoons of table salt to taste
A couple of lemons, juiced and rinds kept
Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, or seasoned salt of your choice to taste
Texas Pete, or hot sauce of your choice, to taste
10-15 pound pork shoulder
In a brick grill/smoker, prepare a flame using hardwoods, such as oak and pecan, until the fire is fully formed.
Combine vinegar, sugar, and salt in a medium pot and place over medium-low heat. Stir mixture occasionally until sugar and salt is fully dissolved and remove from heat. Add lemon juice, lemon rinds, seasoned salt, and hot sauce to vinegar mixture until fully combined.
Place pork shoulder on grill and fully encase it. Let cook for 8+ hours, flipping occasionally and mopping with vinegar sauce every once in a while. Let pork rest until handleable. Chop pork into pieces of desired size and toss in sauce to taste. Serve on a bun or with red slaw if desired, and enjoy!
Pumpkin Swirl Brownie Recipes:
https://selfproclaimedfoodie.com/pumpkin-swirl-brownies/ - Original Recipe
https://www.erinliveswhole.com/flourless-pumpkin-brownies/ - Gluten-free and Dairy-free Option
Want to try Chicken Biryani? Here is a very similar recipe to the one my mom cooks and the one mentioned in the show. The process is slightly different and the spice levels are lower than my mom's recipe but it is still delicious!
The video is in another language but the recipe/ingredients are all in english.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf9tq7cNkTQ
Egg Roll Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 bag of vermicelli noodles
- 1 Pack of Rice Paper Sheets
- 1 small cabbage
- 2 carrots
- 5-8 green onions
- 1 ½ lbs of ground pork/chicken/beef (your preference)
- 1-2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon of salt
- 2 tablespoon of Panda oyster sauce
Instructions:
- Soak the vermicelli noodles for 10-15 minutes & drain after it has soften a bit
- Cut/shred the cabbage, carrot, and green onions
- Place all the veggies into a big bowl
- Crack 2 eggs into the bowl
- Put in the salt and oyster sauce
- Mix everything together
- Peel the rice paper
- Roll the eggrolls up clearer instructions in the podcast
- Seal up the eggrolls with egg yolk or milk
- Have the oil be between 350 and 365 F
- Place eggrolls into the oil
- Take it out once it is crispy looking
- Enjoy it!
Ingredients
One stick of butter
three eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
one box of light brown sugar
2 3/4 cups of self rising flour
2 cups chopped pecans
Melt butter and pour over sugar, add eggs and vanilla. Add flour, then pecans. Pour into a
greased baking pan (9 x 13). Bake 350° for 30 minutes.
Chocolate Chip Cookies :)
INGREDIENTS
1 cup granulated sugar
1.5 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
2 large egg
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2.5 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup of chocolate chips
PREPARATION
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In a large bowl, whisk together the granulated and brown sugar, salt, and butter until a paste forms with no lumps.
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Whisk in the egg and vanilla, beating until light ribbons fall off the whisk and remain for a short while before dissolving.
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Sift in the flour and baking soda, then fold with a spatula until just incorporated. (Be careful not to overmix).
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Fold in the chocolate chips.
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Chill the dough for 2 hours, or, for a more intense toffee-like flavor and deeper color, overnight. The longer the dough rests, the better.
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Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Use a small ice cream scoop to place cookies on the baking sheet. Place about 12 for each batch (should make close to 60).
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Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the edges have started to lightly brown. Let cool completely before serving (may fall apart if you try to eat directly out of the oven).
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Enjoy!
The Perfect Holiday Pair: Baking & Jam Filled Shortbread Cookies
Join me on this "Crumbs of Comfort" Podcast Episode to talk about the importance of baking while I make my new favorite holiday treat: Jam Filled Shortbread Cookies!
XO,
Grace Ann
Recipe Link: https://pinabresciani.com/linzer-cookies-with-italian-strawberry-jam/
Here's the recipe for my mother's Jollof rice! Maybe try and make recipes from other countries as well and see for yourself which one you think is better!
Mother’s Jollof Rice Recipe Ingredients:
Jasmine Rice (3 cups)
Tomato Sauce (3 cups)
Coconut Oil (to taste)
One onion
Two habanero peppers
Shrimp seasoning (to taste)
Chicken seasoning (to taste)
Frozen or steamed mixed vegetables (2 cups)
1 lb. Smoked turkey
Procedure:
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Sauté smoked turkey with coconut oil in a large pot
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Add chopped onions
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Incorporate spices Incorporate habanero peppers and tomato sauce
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Let the tomato-based sauce simmer for approximately 30 minutes
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Add washed jasmine rice to tomato sauce
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Cover rice and tomato sauce mixture with a plastic or tinfoil wrap to keep in moisture
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Put a lid on top of the pot
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Leave the rice to cook for about two hours
alternatively, the rice may be cooked inside of a rice cooker without wrapping. Make sure to periodically check rice’s moisture and add boiling water if the rice is too grainy
Nigerian Jollof recipe
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018069-jollof-rice
Explore the culinary surprises of the gateway to the west!
Grandma’s Gooey Butter Cake
Ingredients:
1 package yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1 stick butter
1 8 ounce package cream cheese
1 box/1 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Combine cake mix, 2 eggs, and melted butter together. Pour into a 9 x 13 pan.
Mix 2 eggs, powdered sugar (retain about 1/2 cup to sprinkle on later), cream cheese and vanilla until well blended. Pour over bottom layer.
Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes.
Cool 20 minutes and sprinkle with remaining sifted powdered sugar.Delete comment: I don't have anything to add about music or anything like that, I'll leave that to you. Show notes: Explore the culinary surprises of the gateway to the west! Grandma’s Gooey Butter Cake Ingredients: 1 package yellow cake mix 4 eggs 1 stick butter 1 8 ounce package cream cheese 1 box/1 pound powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Combine cake mix, 2 eggs, and melted butter together. Pour into a 9 x 13 pan. Mix 2 eggs, powdered sugar (retain about 1/2 cup to sprinkle on later), cream cheese and vanilla until well blended. Pour over bottom layer. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes. Cool 20 minutes and sprinkle with remaining sifted powdered sugar.