Gertrude Powell’s Pork Cake

Ingredients & Directions See Below: Chop fine enough salt pork to fill 1 cup and pour over it 1 cup boiling water. 1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 1/2 cup chopped raisins 1 tsp soda 1 tsp cloves 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg flour This makes 2 loaves. (no quantity for flour given for […]

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Chocolate-cinnamon Cake Roll

Ingredients & Directions 3 Eggs; Lg 1 c Sugar 1/3 c Water 1 ts Coffee-Flavored Liqueur 3/4 c Unbleached Flour; OR 1 c Cake Flour 1/4 c Cocoa 1 ts Baking Powder 1/4 ts Salt Cocoa 2 tb Coffee-Flavored Liqueur 1 c Whipping Cream; Chilled 3 tb Powdered Sugar 1 tb Coffee-Flavored Liqueur 1 ts […]

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Christmas Cake/fruitcake From 20’s/30’s

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Lard (don’t substitute -instant!!) -because it — will not 1 ts Baking soda (make sure it’s -work!!!) -fresh) 1 c Sugar 3 c Flour that’s been browned * 1 c Light molasses 1 1/4 c Seeded raisins 1 c Strong coffee, room temp. 1 1/4 c Currants (real coffee, — […]

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Sweet Rice Cakes Stuffed With Yellow Beans

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Yellow mung beans 2 c Dessicated coconut 1/2 ts Salt 3 tb White sesame seeds 1/4 c Sugar 2 c Rice flour Simmer the mung beans in 1 c cold water for 20 minutes. Drain & set aside. Mix the coconut with the salt, sprinkle evenly n a plate & […]

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Red Bean Paste Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Or 1 1/2 lbs. of red bean 24 ‘skins’ -paste Oil directions: divide paste into 24 potions. roll into balls. place bean paste ball in center of thin ‘skin’ circle. pull dough up around paste. roll into ball. flatten with hand and then use rolling pin to make a three […]

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Cherry Crumb Coffee Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Butter or margarine 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 c Sour cream or plain low fat -ogurt 1/4 c Milk 2 c All-purpose flour 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt; optional 1/4 ts Vanilla extract 1/4 ts Almond extract 21 oz Cherry pie filling; […]

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Michael’s Mocha Halo Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Sifted cake flour 1/2 c Cocoa 1/2 ts Baking soda 2 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Shortening 1 c Sugar 1 Egg 2 Egg yolks 1/2 c Cold strong coffee 1/2 c Buttermilk -MOCHA ICING- 1 1/2 c Powdered Sugar 1 tb Coffee 1/8 ts Salt […]

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Fregolata Veneziana (almond-polenta Cake)

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Granulated sugar 7 tb Unsalted butter, melted and -cooled 2 Egg yolks 2 ts Lemon juice 1 ts Vanilla extract Grated zest of 1 lemon 1 ts Almond extract 7/8 c Fine yellow or white -cornmeal 3/4 c All-purpose flour, scant 1 pn Salt Butter for greasing pan 1/4 c […]

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Chocolate Cream Couscous Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Pecan halves 2 1/2 c Water 1 1/2 c Packed brown sugar or Sucanat 1/4 c Unsweetened cocoa 1 c Couscous 1 tb Vanilla extract 10 oz Barley malt-sweetened -chocolate chips OR regular semisweet -chocolate chips 21 oz Firm “lite” silken tofu; at -room temperature 3 tb Maple syrup or […]

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Chocolate Malt Cake From Kaitlin Young

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter, softened 1 1/3 c Sugar 1 c Instant malted milk powder 3/4 c Firmly packed unsweetened -cocoa powder 4 Eggs 2 c Flour 3 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 1 3/4 c Half and half Chocolate Malted Frosting (see below) 1. Preheat oven to 375F. In a large […]

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