Golden Cream Chocolate Cake

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Cake flour; sifted 2 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Butter 1 1/4 c Sugar 2 Eggs; unbeaten 3 oz Unsweetnd choc 1 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda and salt and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar […]

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Poor Man’s Cake #1

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Shortening 2 c Sugar 2 c Raisins 2 c Applesauce 3 c Flour 2 Eggs 1 ts Salt 1/4 ts Cinnamon 1/4 ts Nutmeg 1/4 ts Cloves 1/4 ts Allspice 1 ts Soda 1 -(up to) 2 c Chopped pecans Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, fruit, flour, soda, salt, […]

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Lemon-yogurt Coffee Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 lb (plus 1 Tbl) softened butter 2 c (plus 1 Tbl) all-purpose -butter 4 Eggs 2 sm Lemons 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 c Plain yogurt (8 oz) 2 ts Baking powder 3/4 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt LEMON-YOGURT GLAZE: 1 c Confectioners’ sugar 1 sm Lemon 1/4 c Plain […]

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Citrus Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Crushed coconut cookies 2 1/2 tb Sugar 1/2 c Melted butter FILLING: 1 1/4 tb Gelatin 1/4 c Water 3 Eggs, separated 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Milk 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Brown sugar 4 tb Lemon juice 4 tb Orange juice 4 tb Grapefruit juice 1 1/2 […]

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Chocolate Saurkraut Cake

Ingredients & Directions 2/3 c Butter or margarine 1 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Baking powder 3 ea Eggs 1/4 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Water 1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa 2/3 c Sauerkraut, well-drained and 1/4 c Flour, sifted Cream together butter & sugar. Add eggs & vanilla. Sift […]

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Basic Cheesecake Method & Toppings

Ingredients & Directions Let cream cheese sit out until it’s room temperature, nice and soft. Beat the cream cheese and sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time (break them into a separate cup – one teensy bit of shell will ruin everything!) and beat just until mixed. Add remaining ingredients and beat […]

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Thengai Thirattipaal (coconut Cake)

Ingredients & Directions 2 Coconuts; grated 2 c Jaggery; powdered 2 tb Ghee 12 Cardamon pods; powdered Grind grated coconut to a very fine paste, adding a little water if needed. Take jaggery, ground coconut and ghee in a heavy pan and cook on a medium flame for about 15 minutes, stirring continuously. Reduce to […]

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Red Velvet Cake #08

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Shortening 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1/4 c Baking cocoa 1 ts Red food coloring 3 tb Hot coffee 1 3/4 c Plus 2 tb Flour 1 ts Salt 1 c Sour milk 1 ts Soda 1 ts Vanilla extract -RED VELVET MOCHA FROSTING- 1/2 c Butter; softened 1 […]

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The Original Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 ea Large can either crushed -or sliced Hawaiian pineapple 2 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar 2 ea Eggs 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Milk 2 tb Butter 1 c Brown sugar Maraschino cherries garnish This is the authentic recipe that won […]

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Maryland Style Crab Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Crab meat 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 c Mayonnaise 1/2 c Soft bread crumbs – (preferably homemade) 2 lg Eggs; beaten 2 tb Minced parsley 8 tb Butter GENTLY BLEND ALL INGREDIENTS, except the butter. Shape into 8-10 crab cakes and refrigerate 30 minutes. Melt butter in a large skillet and […]

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