Devil’s Food Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Boiling water 3 oz Chocolate squares 2 1/4 c Sifted cake flour 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 3/4 ts Baking powder 3/4 ts Salt 3/4 c Shortening 1 7/8 c Brown sugar 3 Eggs, well beaten 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 3/4 c Sour milk Pour boiling water over chocolate; stir […]

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Banana Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Sour cream 1 ts Baking soda 1/4 c Butter, softened 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 lg Banana, mashed 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c Flour FROSTING 2 tb Butter, softened 1 c Powdered sugar 1 tb Milk 1 tb Lemon juice 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease & […]

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Black Forest Coffee Cake

Ingredients & Directions –CAKE– 3 Eggs 1 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Liquid shortening 1 1/2 c Milk 2 tb Vanilla 3 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 1 c Chocolate chips 1 cn Cherry pie filling TOPPING 1 c Bisquick 1/2 c Sugar 1/4 c Butter or oleo 1/2 c Chocolate chips for garnish […]

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Zuppa Inglese Sponge Cake

Ingredients & Directions Sponge cake 6 Whole eggs, separated 1/2 c Sugar 1 1/2 Tablespoons lemon juice 1 1/2 Tabsp grated orange rind 2 Tablespoons sherry Or 1 Teaspoon almond extract 1 c Cake flour 1/2 Teaspoon salt Have ingredients at room temperature at least an hour before baking. Beat egg yolks until thick and […]

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Jean Toynbee’s Ginger Cake

Ingredients & Directions 8 oz Self-raising flour 4 oz Soft brown sugar 1/2 ts Bicarbonate of soda 1 Dessertspoon ground ginger 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 pt Milk 4 oz Butter 4 tb Black treacle 2 Eggs Mix the dry ingredients and pass through a sieve into a pudding basin. In a saucepan, heat the […]

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Bourbon Cake

Ingredients & Directions For The Cake 2 1/2 c Cake flour 3/4 ts Baking soda 3/4 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 2 Sticks unsalted butter Softened 1 1/2 c Sugar 4 Egg yolks, room temp 1 lg Egg room temp Juice of 1 lemon 3/4 c Sour cream For the syrup 1/4 c Sugar […]

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Streusel Caramel Coffeecake

Ingredients & Directions -BATTER- 3/4 c Sugar 1 1/2 c Flour 1/4 c Butter 2 ts Baking powder 1 Egg 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Milk 9 Caramels, kraft STREUSEL TOPPING 1 c Brown sugar 1/2 c Butter 1/4 c Flour 1 c Chopped walnuts, optional 2 ts Cinnamon Preheat oven to 350 deg f. […]

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Pineapple Upside-down Gingerbread Cake

Ingredients & Directions TOPPING 1/4 c Unsalted butter; (1/2 stick) 2/3 c Golden brown sugar; (packed) 2 cn Pineapple chunks in heavy -syrup; drained, patted dry ; with paper towels ; (20-ounce) –CAKE– 2 c All purpose flour 1 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 ts Ground ginger 1 ts Ground cinnamon 1 ts Baking […]

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Candied Holiday Fruitcake

Ingredients & Directions 3 c Chopped pecans 2 c Chopped candied pineapple 3/4 c Chopped candied cherries 1/3 c Chopped candied orange peel 1 3/4 c Plus 3 tb, all-purpose flour 1 c Butter, room temperature 1 c Sugar 5 Eggs 1 tb Vanilla extract 1 tb Lemon extract 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 pn […]

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