Carrot Cake

Ingredients & Directions –CAKE– 2 c Sugar 1 1/2 c Oil 4 Eggs 3 c Carrots; shredded 2 c Flour 2 ts Baking Soda 4 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Salt 1/2 c Walnuts -ICING- 1/2 c Butter 2 c Icing Sugar 8 oz Cream Cheese 2 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Walnuts Mix sugar and oil. […]

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Helen’s Carrot Cake

Ingredients & Directions 4 Eggs, separated 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Carrots, grated 1 c Walnuts, finely grated 1 1/2 c Flour 1 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 pn Salt 1 c Oil 2 1/2 ts Water, hot 1/2 ts Baking soda FILLING 8 oz […]

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Blackberry Jam Cake

Ingredients & Directions 8 tb Sugar 1/4 c Butter or margarine 2 Large eggs 1 c Unbleached all-purpose flour 1 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Ground cloves 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg 1/3 c Butter/sour milk 1/2 c Jam; blackberry seedless 1/4 c Walnuts; chopped 2 tb Butter or margarine 1/2 c Brown […]

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Robb’s Tropical Lime Cake

Ingredients & Directions CAKE 1 Box Lemon Supreme Cake Mix 1 Box Lime Jello 5 Eggs 1 c Crisco Oil 3/4 c Orange Juice -GLAZE- 1/4 c Lime Juice 1 c Confectioner’s Sugar Blend dry ingredients in large mixing bowl. Blend eggs, oil, and orange juice in medium mixing bowl, beating thoroughly. Gradually add egg […]

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Nasty Spider Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 Cake mix 1 pk Green jello prepared Black frosting 8 Licorice sticks 8 Gumdrops (once made as a tease for a woman who HATED spiders) Take your average cake mix. Bake it up in 2 metal bowls–1 bigger than the other. Once unmolded, cut the bigger one (the “body”) in half, […]

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Banana Layer Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Shortening 2 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 1/4 c Sugar 1/2 ts Baking soda 2 Eggs 3/4 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c Mashed ripe bananas (4 to 5 ) 2 1/2 c Sifted cake flour Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at […]

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Old-fashioned Deep Chocolate Layer Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 3/4 c Sifted all purpose flour 3/4 c Unsweetened cocoa powder 1 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 2 lg Eggs 2 c Sugar 1/2 c ( 1 stick) unsalted butter, -cut into 4 pieces, room -temperature 2 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Buttermilk 5 1/2 oz Semisweet chocolate, -coarsely chopped […]

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Robert E. Lee Cake

Ingredients & Directions 9 Eggs, separated, room temp 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 c Sifted all-purpose flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 tb Lemon juice Grated peel of 3 lemons Grated peel of 5 oranges 1/2 c Lemon juice (3-4 lemons) 2 c Orange juice (6-8 oranges) 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 1/2 c Shredded coconut […]

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Sour Dough Waffles Or Pancakes

Ingredients & Directions WAFFLE STARTER 1 c Sourdough starter 1/4 lb Butter, melted 1 1/2 c Milk, warmed 1 ts Salt 1/2 c Graham flour (they come out 1 c Flour -just fine using all white 1 ts Sugar -flour too) WAFFLE FINISHER 2 Eggs beaten 1/4 ts Baking soda The night before breakfast, combine […]

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