Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Shortening 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 tb Cocoa 2 Eggs 1 ts Salt 2 oz Red food color 1 ts Baking soda 1 c Buttermilk 1 tb Vinegar 2 1/4 c Flour Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9″ cake pans. Cream shortening and sugar. […]

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Chocolate Mini Cheesecakes

Ingredients & Directions CHOCOLATE CRUMB CRUST 6 tb Butter or margarine; melted 6 tb Powdered sugar 1 1/2 c Vanilla wafer crumbs 6 tb Cocoa FILLING 1/2 c Cocoa 1 cn (14 oz) sweetened condensed 1/4 c Butter or margarine (1/2 -milk -stick); melted 3 Eggs 3 pk (8 oz each) cream cheese; 2 ts […]

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Vegan Chocolate Sponge Cake

Ingredients & Directions Karen Mintzias 2 c Self-rising flour -(pref. 85{2e9f251b366587fbbc6cf0b723637ab4973d0544eef98211a490c8832b50f8a2} whole-wheat) 1/4 c Cocoa powder 3 ts Baking powder 1 1/3 c Vanilla sugar -OR- Superfine sugar 9 tb Sunflower oil 1 1/2 c Water Vegan margarine -for greasing -TO DECORATE- 1 Qty. Chocolate Fudge Icing -OR- Chocolate Buttercream Dark chocolate -coarsely grated Confectioners’ […]

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Gold Cake (gelb Kuchen)

Ingredients & Directions 6 Egg white 3 Egg yolk 3/4 c Sugar, fine granulated 1/2 c Flour, pastry 1/2 ts Cream of tartar 1/2 ts Vanilla Sift the flour 3 times. Beat the yolks of the eggs until light, add the sugar which has been sifted several times and beat with eggs until mixture is […]

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The Hundred Dollar Chocolate Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Real butter, or half butter, Half margarine 2 c Sifted sugar 2 c Cake flour 1 1/2 c Sweet milk 2 Egg yolks, well beaten 1 ts Vanilla 1/4 lb Bitter chocolate (4 sqs) 2 ts Baking powder 2 Egg whites, well beaten Cream butter and sifted sugar. Add the […]

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Texas Snake Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 Rattlesnake per person 1 Crab boil ** 1 Egg -Salt & pepper -Green onion 2 tb Oil Gut the rattlesnake and peel the skin off. Cook in a crab boil**. Cool and peel off the strips of meat. Chop and combine with egg to bind, salt and pepper and a bit […]

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Lemon-cream Cheese Pound Cake

Ingredients & Directions CAKE 3 c Sugar 1 1/4 c Butter or margarine;softened 8 oz Cream cheese; softened 1 tb Lemon juice 2 ts Vanilla 1 ts Lemon extract 1/2 ts Orange extract 1/8 ts Salt 6 Eggs 2 3/4 c Flour * -LEMON GLAZE- 1 c Powdered sugar 1 tb Butter or margarine;softened 2 […]

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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Soft margarine 1/2 c Oil 1 3/4 c Sugar 2 1/2 c Flour 1 ts Baking powder 1 ts Baking soda 2 c Grated zucchini 2 lg Eggs 1 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Sour milk 4 tb Cocoa 1/2 ts Cinnamon 1/4 c Chocolate chips –Cream Cheese Frosting– 3 oz […]

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Cinnamon Wheat Bran Pancakes

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Wheat flour 3/4 c Unbleached flour 3/4 c Wheat bran* — unprocessed 2 tb Granulated sugar 1/2 tb Baking powder 1/2 tb Baking soda 2 ts Cinnamon 1/4 ts Salt 2 Egg whites — whipped 1/4 c Applesauce — at room Temperature 1 1/2 c Buttermilk* — at room Temperature […]

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Strones Or Oatcakes

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Oatmeal (not rolled 1 pn Salt -oats; coarsely 1 ts Bacon fat -ground oats) Boiling water 1 pn Baking powder For hundreds of years in Ulster, a large STRONE was made in the shape of a cross to celebrate the feast of St. Brigit. Strones were traditionally served hot and […]

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