Supermom’s Country-style Tea Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Butter 2 c Sugar 1/2 ts Vanilla 2 Eggs 4 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking soda 2 ts Cream of tartar 2 tb Buttermilk or sweet; -(regular) milk Notes: From Supermom’s Country Cookin’ Cookbook by Ophelia Warner (out of print). Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. […]

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Grandma’s Pound-cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 c BUTTER 2 c SUGAR 2 1/4 c FLOUR 6 ea EGGS 1 x JUICE OF 1 LEMON 1 ts VANILLA 1 x DASH OF SALT USING A MIXER, COMBINE THE BUTTER AND SUGAR. SIFT, THEN MEASURE THE FLOUR. ADD ALTERNATELY WITH THE EGGS, ADDING ONE AT A TIME. BEAT WELL […]

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Chocolate Upside Down Cake Colette

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Graunlated sugar 2 tb Butter 1/2 c Milk 1/2 c Nuts 1 c Flour 2 ts Baking soda 2 tb Cocoa 1/2 c Graunlated sugar 1/2 c Brown sugar 1/3 c Cocoa 1 1/2 c Boiling water from Colette Holberg Taliaferro Cream together the 3/4 cup granulated sugar and the […]

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Pineapple Banana Walnut Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3 c All-purpose flour 2 c Granulated sugar 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 1 ts Cinnamon 1 (14 oz) can crushed -pineapple, divided 3 Eggs 1 1/2 c Oil 2 c Mashed ripe bananas (about -6) 1 1/2 c Walnuts, chopped 2 ts Vanilla Icing: 1/3 c Crushed pineapple, well […]

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German Chocolate Upside Down Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Pecans; chopped 1 c Coconut 1 pk German Chocolate cake mix 1 lb Powdered sugar; sifted 8 oz Cream cheese; softened 1/2 c Margarine; softened Grease and flour 9×13 cake pan. Put coconut and pecans in bottom of pan. Mix cake mix according to directions on box. Pour over nuts […]

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Edna Lewis’s Christmas Fruitcake

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Glazed candied orange peel; 2 ts Nutmeg; grated . diced 1/2 ts Ground cloves 1 c Glazed candied lemon peel; 1 ts Ground allspice . diced 1/2 ts Ground mace 2 c Citron; diced 1 ts Baking powder 1 c Currants 1/2 ts Salt 2 c Seedless raisins; chopped 1 […]

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Filling Apple-filling Cake

Ingredients & Directions FILLING 4 ea Large apples 1/2 c Sugar 4 ts Cinnamon -BATTER- 3 c Flour 1 c Oil 2 c Sugar 4 ea Large eggs 3 ts Baking powder 1/4 c Pineapple juice 2 1/2 ts Vanilla Filling: Grate apples and blend with sugar & cinnamon. Set aside. Batter : Beat all […]

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Chocolate Crumble Coffee Cake Muffins

Ingredients & Directions -CRUMBLE MIXTURE- 2 oz Ghirardelli Sweet Dark -Chocolate 2 tb Packed brown sugar 1/2 ts Grated fresh orange rind 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon 1/4 ts Instant coffee 1 tb Cold butter 1/4 c Pecans -COFFEE CAKE MIXTURE- 1 3/4 c Unsifted flour 2/3 c Sugar 1 tb Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt […]

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Rich Dark Fruit Cake

Ingredients & Directions 4 c All purpose flour 1 tb Cinnamon 1 tb Cloves 1 tb Allspice 1 tb Nutmeg 1/2 tb Mace 1 ts Salt 2 1/2 lb Currants 2 1/2 lb Raisins 1 lb Citron or chopped candied -lemon and orange peel 1 lb Pecan meats [optional] 1 lb Chopped dates or -figs […]

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Carmel Fudge Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Chocolate cake mix 14 oz Carmels; unwrapped 1/2 c Margarine or butter 1 cn Sweetened condensed milk 1 c Pecans; coarsely chopped Preheat oven to 350~F. Prepare cake mix as package directs. Pour 2 cups batter into greased 13×9″ baking pan; bake 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in heavy saucepan, over low […]

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