Nora’s Mother’s Apple Cake

Ingredients & Directions 4 Eggs 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 1/2 c Flour 1/2 ts Cinnamon 4 Apples, peeled, sliced (up -to 5) Mix eggs and sugar together until light and lemon colored. Then add flour and cinnamon. Peel and slice 4-5 apples, put sliced apples in the bottom of a pan, pour batter over […]

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Virginia’s Devils Food Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 2 c Flour 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 1/2 ts Soda 2 Or 3 eggs Salt 1 c Cold coffee 1 tb Vinegar 1/2 c Cocoa 1 ts Vanilla Cream sugar and butter. Break eggs in and add dry ingredients alternately with coffee. Add vanilla and salt. Add vinegar […]

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Crab Cakes Maryland

Ingredients & Directions 2 tb Chopped fresh parsley 1 ts Dry mustard 1 ts Worcestershire sauce -or- 1 ds Tabasco 2 Eggs; beaten 2 tb Mayonnaise 1 lb Cooked crab; flaked or -broken up 1 c Fresh bread crumbs -or- 1/2 c -unsalted cracker crumbs Salt & pepper to taste Flour for dredging SERVES 4 […]

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Wacky Chocolate Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Flour 1 c Sugar 3 tb Cocoa 1 ts Soda 1/2 ts Salt 1 tb Vinegar 6 tb Oil 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Cold water Sift dry ingredients into a 9 inch square ungreased pan. Make 3 holes in dry mixture. Measure oil in one, vinegar in second, […]

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Irish Christmas Cake (part 3) Royal Frosting

Ingredients & Directions -TRADITIONAL ROYAL FROSTING- 4 Egg Whites 7 c Confectioner’s Sugar; sifted 1/4 ts Acetic Acid 3 dr Laundry Bluing CONVENTIONAL ROYAL FROSTING 2 Egg Whites 1 tb Fresh Lemon Juice 1 lb Confectioner’s sugar FOR TRADITIONAL PREPARATION, place the egg whites in a bowl that has been scalded with hot water, then […]

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Italian Rum Cake #2

Ingredients & Directions 3 Egg yolks 1 c Sugar 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 2 c Milk 1/2 Lemon; Grated peel only 1 c Butter; room temperature 4 Eggs 3/4 c Sour cream 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1/4 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Dark rum Preheat oven to 350~F. […]

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Amaretto Peach Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions 3 tb Margarine 3/4 c Sugar 1/3 c Sugar 3 tb Unbleached All-purpose Flour 1 ea Large Egg 3 ea Large Eggs 3/4 c Unbleached All-purpose Flour 16 oz Canned Peach Halves * 24 oz Cream Cheese, Softened 1/4 c Almond Flavored Liqueur * Peach halves should be drained, and then pureed. […]

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Apple-spice Bundt Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c All-purpose unbleached flour 16 oz Jar applesauce 1 c Whole-wheat flour 2 tb Canola oil 1 ts Baking soda 1 Apple, peeled, cored and 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon -chopped 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 1/2 c Golden seedless raisins 2 Egg whites 1/4 c Walnuts 1/2 c Firmly packed brown […]

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New Year’s Ever Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Sifted Swan’s Down Cake 1 c Milk -Flour 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 3 ts Calumet Baking Powder 6 Egg whites, stiffly beaten 1/2 ts Salt Chocolate Cream Filling 2/3 c Butter or other shortening Hungarian Chocolate Frosting 2 c Sugar ———————–CHOCOLATE CREAM FILLING———————– 3 Squares Baker’s Unsweetened 1/2 ts Salt […]

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Chocolate Raspberry Roll Cake

Ingredients & Directions CAKE 3/4 c Flour 1/3 c Water 1/3 c Unsweetened cocoa 1 ts Vanilla 1 ts Baking powder 1 ts Instant coffee dissolved in 3/4 c Egg substitute -1 ts water 1 c Brown sugar FILLING 15 oz Skim milk Ricotta cheese 2 c Raspberries 1 1/2 tb Vanilla 1 ts All […]

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