Betty Crocker’s Banana Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Soft shortening 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 lg Eggs 2 1/4 c Cake flour 1/4 ts Baking powder 3/4 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 1/4 c Buttermilk 1 c Mashed banana, about 3 1/2 c Nuts, chopped, optional Bananas Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat […]

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Swiss Almond Apple Cake

Ingredients & Directions CAKE 2/3 c Sugar 1/2 c Butter 2 Eggs 2 tb Lemon Juice 2 c Flour 2 ts Baking Powder 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 c Red Raspberry Preserves 3 1/2 c Apples, peeled & thinly Sliced (approx. 4 apples) TOPPING 1 c Ground Almonds 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Dairy Sour Cream […]

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Seafood Pancakes (cancer)

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Flour 1/2 lb Shrimp, shelled 1 Pinch salt 2 tb Butter 1 Egg, lightly beaten 3 tb Flour 4 ts Oil 1/4 c Light cream 1 1/2 c Milk plus 1 Tbsp 1 c Gruyere Cheese 1/2 lb Monkfish 2 tb Parsley, fresh, chopped 6 Scallops 1 Salt and pepper […]

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Cherry Cupcakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 Box; (18-3/4- ounce) -chocolate cake mix 3 Eggs 1 1/3 c Water 1/2 c Vegetable oil 1 cn (21-ounce) cherry pie -filling and topping 1 cn (16-ounce) vanilla frosting These taste treats are a natural for school parties or potluck suppers. Prepare cake mix according to package directions, adding eggs, water […]

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Michel Stroot’s Little Round Pound Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 2 c All-purpose flour, lightly Spooned into measuring cups 1 c Unsalted butter, softened 1 c Sugar 1 Lemon- the grated zest only 2 ts Pure vanilla extract 5 lg Eggs, separated 1/4 ts Salt Quatre-Quarts or Four Quarters is the French name for this recipe. It refers to the proportion of […]

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Bresse Farmhouse Chocolate Cake

Ingredients & Directions 7 oz Bittersweet chocolate -OR- semisweet chocolate, – broken into small pieces 1/4 lb Unsalted butter; PLUS: 1 ts Unsalted butter 1/4 c Cake flour 1/2 c Superfine sugar; PLUS: 1 tb Superfine sugar 3 Eggs 3/4 c Heavy cream; reduced by half -(SEE NOTE) 1 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder NOTE: Simmer […]

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Chocolate Marble Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/3 c Butter 2 ea Egg, well beaten 1 c Sugar 1 1/2 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 c Milk 1 ea Chocolate, unsweetened, squa 1 tb Butter 1 ts Vanilla Cream the 1/3 cup butter and sugar together, add the well beaten eggs and mix well. Sift flour and […]

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Viennese Dreamcake

Ingredients & Directions 3 c All purpose flour 1/2 c Butter or margarine (1 1 tb Baking powder -stick) 1 1/2 ts Sugar 1/2 c Cocoa powder (not a mix) 1/2 ts Salt 1/4 c Water 2/3 c Vegetable shortening 10 oz Confectioner’s sugar, sifted 6 Egg yolks 1 ds Salt 1 ts Vanilla 2 […]

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Pineapple Pound Cake

Ingredients & Directions -BATTER- 2 1/2 c Unbleached flour 1 c Fat-free sour cream 3/4 c Granulated sugar 3 Egg whites; whipped 1 tb Lemon peel; grated 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 ts Vanilla 1 ts Salt 1 c Pineapple chunks in juice; -drained TOPPING 1/4 c Lemon juice 1/4 c Granulated sugar Preheat […]

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Sweet Potato Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Pillsbury+ White Cake Mix 1 1/4 c Water 1 c Mashed canned/fresh sweet p. 1/4 c Oil 2 Eggs 2 ts Cinnamon 1/2 ts Nutmeg 1/8 ts Cloves 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Chopped pecans 1 c Coconut FROSTING 1 cn Pillsbury Vanilla Frosting 1 pk 3oz cream cheese, softened […]

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