Shoo-fly Cake (old Lehigh County Recipe)

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Flour 1 c Brown sugar 1/4 c Lard *or: 1/4 c Butter 1/2 c Molasses 1/2 c Water, hot 1/2 ts Soda *pastry Make crumbs by combining the flour, sugar and shortening. Line a pie pan with pastry. Dissolve the soda in the hot water and combine with the […]

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Sourdough Pancakes #1

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Active Starter 1/2 c Pancake Mix 1 ea Large Egg 1 tb Cooking Oil 1/2 c Milk 1/2 ts Soda Mix all ingredients well. Be careful not to over mix. Small lumps are ok. Lightly grease a hot cast iron griddle. Drop onto griddle with a large spoon while the […]

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Turkish Honey Almond Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Brown sugar 3 tb Sugar 2 lg Eggs 250 ml Beehive Co honey of your -choice* 1 tb Instant coffee 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1/2 ts Ground cloves 2 c Self raising flour 3 ts Baking powder 100 g Flaked or slivered almonds 2 tb Apricot jam […]

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Christmas Beer Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Flour 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 3/4 c Butter 1 1/2 c Sugar 3 Eggs 1 1/2 c Sour cream 1/2 c Beer 1 1/2 ts Vanilla Topping: 1/2 c Sugar 2 ts Cinnamon 2/3 c Chopped nuts Cream butter and sugar; […]

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Brunch Coffee Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 3oz pkg. cream cheese (possible to match jam Flavor) 1/4 c Butter or margarine 2 c Bisquick Mix 1/3 c 7-up 1/2 c Jam (your choice of flavor) Icing 1 c Sifted powdered sugar 1/4 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 tb Milk Blend to a spreading Consistency Cut cream and butter into […]

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Small Spice Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 100 g Sugar (3 1/2 oz) Ground nutmeg 100 g Butter (3 1/2 oz) 140 g Ground hazelnuts (not quite 2 Egg yolks -5 oz) Lemon peel 140 g Flour (not quite 5 oz) Ground cinnamon Almonds Ground cloves Mix ingredients, roll out to cookie thickness. Cut with a round cookie cutter, […]

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Easy Rum Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 Duncan Hines all-butter -yellow cake mix 1/2 c Salad oil 1/2 c Water 1/2 c Rum 1 pk (small) instant vanilla -pudding mix 4 Eggs -GLAZE- 1 c Sugar 1 Stick margarine 1/4 c Rum 1/4 c Water Mix all cake ingredients; beat all at once for 2-3 minutes on high […]

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Danish Pancakes

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Butter 4 Eggs 1 c Milk 1 c Flour Preheat oven to 425. Divide butter into two pie plates. Blend together eggs, milk, flour. Melt butter in pie plate. Divide batter between pie plates. Bake 20 minutes. We had thickened spiced (cinnamon, cloves) peaches over the top. Yields 4 Servings

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Carrot-banana Cake

Ingredients & Directions 2 c All purpose flour 1 tb Ground cinnamon 2 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1 c Vegetable oil 1 c Sugar 1 c Firmly packed golden brown -sugar 4 lg Eggs 1 1/2 c Finely grated carrots (about -1 1/2 large) 1 c Drained canned crushed -pineapple in juice 1/2 […]

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Mexican Wedding Cakes

Ingredients & Directions Mrspatriciadwigans@juno.com 1 c Margarine; softened Or butter 1/2 c Powdered sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 1/4 c Flour,all-purpose 1/4 ts Salt 3/4 c Nuts; finely chopped Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix softened margarine or butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla thoroughly. Work in flour, salt and nuts until […]

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