Christmas Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Good butter 1 3/4 c Brown sugar 16 Eggs 4 lb Raisins 4 lb Currants 1 lb Mixed peel -cut fine 2 lb Flour 1 lb Almonds,blanched -cut fine 2 Nutmeg,grated -same of mace 1/2 pt Brandy 1 tb Lemon essence Directions: Cream butter and sugar well, add the […]

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Maple Pecan Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Pure maple syrup 1/4 c Unsalted butter 1/4 c Dark brown sugar — (firmly packed) 1 pn Ground mace 1 3/4 c Coarsely chopped pecans 2 1/2 c Bleached all-purpose flour 1 ts Baking soda 1 pn Salt 1/2 c Unsalted butter; room temp. 3/4 c Sugar 2 Eggs; room […]

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Yankee Johnnycake

Ingredients & Directions 1 Egg 2 ts Baking Soda 2/3 c Molasses 1 c All-Purpose Flour 3 c Buttermilk 2 1/2 c Sifted Cornmeal 1 ts Salt * Preheat oven to 325 F. 1. Grease a large pan, 13 x 9 x 2-inch Pyrex baking dish for example. 2. In a large bowl, beat the […]

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Ultra Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions MOCHA CRUMB CRUST 1 1/4 c Vanilla wafer crumbs 1/4 c Sugar 1/4 c Hershey’s Cocoa 1 ts Powdered instant espresso 1/3 c Butter; melted FILLING 24 oz Cream cheese; softened 1 1/4 c Sugar 1 c Dairy sour cream 2 ts Vanilla extract 1/2 c Hershey’s Cocoa 2 tb All-purpose flour […]

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Creamy Chocolate Lace Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 1/2 c Chocolate cookie crumbs 1/2 c Fine chopped almonds 1/4 c Melted butter FILLING 1 lb Cream cheese; softened 2/3 c Sugar 3 Eggs 2 c Chocolate chips; melted and -cooled 1 c Whipping cream 2 tb Butter 1 ts Vanilla TOPPING 1 c Sour cream 1 1/2 ts […]

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Twelfth Night Cake

Ingredients & Directions Stephen Ceideburg 1 1/3 c Hazelnuts 3 tb Unsalted butter, softened 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1 Egg yolk 1 tb Finely shredded orange zest 2 tb Grand Marnier17 1/4 oz Frozen puff pastry dough, -thawed 1 Dried bean 1 Egg, beaten 1 tb Powdered sugar Toast hazelnuts on baking sheet at 350 […]

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Coffee Crunch Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Sugar; plus… 2 tb Sugar 1/4 c Strong coffee 1/4 c Light corn syrup 1 tb Soda; sifted 1 (10-in.) angel food cake 2 c Whipping cream 2 ts Vanilla Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, coffee and corn syrup in saucepan at least 5 inches deep. Bring mixture to […]

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Grandma Conner’s Jewish Coffee Cake

Ingredients & Directions YIELD: 1 CAKE 1 c Sugar 1 1/2 c Sour cream 1 c Butter 3 c Flour 3 ea Eggs 1/2 t Salt 2 t Almond flavoring 3 t Baking powder FILLING 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Chopped nutmeats 1/2 c Flour 1/2 t Cinnamon Combine sugar, butter, eggs, almond flaovring, and […]

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Mrs. Kinderman’s Diabetic Angel Cake

Ingredients & Directions 8 Eggs, separated 1 c Artifical sweetner. In -Melbourne, I use a brand -called Sweetadin, but I -think Splenda will do fine, -although I’ve never tried -it, so I don’t know if the -quantity will be the same. 1/2 c Orange juice 1/3 c Oil 1/2 Grated lemon (I prefer to -use […]

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Chocolate-caramel-pecan Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/4 c Graham cracker crumbs 1/4 c Butter or margarine, melted 14 oz Package caramels 5 oz Can evaporated milk 1 c Chopped pecans, toasted 2 8 oz packages cream cheese, 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla extract 3/4 c Semisweet chocolate morsels, Pecan halves Combine graham cracker crumbs […]

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