Porter Cake (irish)

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Flour 1 x Rind of one lemon 1/2 lb Currants 1/2 lb Butter 1/2 lb Raisins 1 ts Bicarbonate of soda 1/4 lb Mixed peel 1 x Bottle Guinness or stout 3/4 lb Brown sugar 4 x Eggs 2 tb Mixed spice (nutmeg&cinnamon Sift the flour and cut in the […]

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Welsh Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 1 lb Self-raising flour 2 oz Butter 4 oz Sugar 4 oz Sultanas and raisins 2 Eggs 1/3 pt Water On sale in every Welsh bakery, these are one of the great delights of teatime. The are easy to make. The Welsh use a flat iron “planc” (a griddle) to bake the […]

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Quick Peanut Streusel Cake

Ingredients & Directions Topping: 3 ts Peanuts; finely chopped 1 ts Brown sugar 1 ts Wheat germ 1/2 ts Cinnamon Cake: 1 Pkg pillsbury microwave yell -w cake mix with pan 1/2 c Water 1/3 c Oil 1/4 c Dairy sour cream 1 Egg 1 Egg yolk Filling: 1/3 c Peanuts; finely chopped 1/3 c […]

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Quick Orange Cake

Ingredients & Directions 2 Eggs 1 tb Grated Orange Rind 1/2 c Orange Juice 3 tb Butter Or Margarine 1 ts Vanilla -ORANGE GLAZE- 1 1/2 c Confectioners Suger 1 tb Grated Orange Rind 2 tb Orange Juice; (2 to 3) Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl; beat well, about 5 min. with electric […]

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Strawberry Cake

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Sugar 3/4 lb Strawberries, see note 3 ea Eggs 1 x Vinegar 2 c All-purpose flour 1 t Strawberry liqueur 2 t Baking powder 1 x Whipped cream 1 T Water NOTE: Strawberries; stem and stem ends removed Beat the sugar with eggs. Slowly add the flour, baking powder, and […]

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Miniature Fruitcake Jewels

Ingredients & Directions FRUITCAKES 1 c All-purpose flour 1/3 c BUTTER FLAVOR CRISCO 1/3 c Granulated sugar 1/4 c Orange juice 1/2 ts Baking powder 2 Eggs 1 c Diced mixed candied fruit 1/2 c Quartered red candied -cherries 1/2 c Quartered green candied -cherries 1 c Golden raisins 1/2 c Diced dates 1/2 c […]

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Cranberry-apple Shortcakes

Ingredients & Directions 2 1/2 c Bisquick original baking mix 1/2 c Milk 3 tb Sugar 3 tb Margarine or butter; melted CRANBERRY-APPLE FILLING 2 c Cranberries 1/3 c Apple juice 2 c Thinly sliced peeled cooking -apples (1 to 2 medium) 2/3 c Sugar 1/2 c Apple juice 1 tb Cornstarch PREPARE Cranberry-Apple Filling; […]

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June Meyer’s Authentic Hungarian Coffee Cake

Ingredients & Directions 10 in tube pan 1 c Sour cream 1/2 c Melted butter (no margarine) 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Salt 2 Cakes yeast 3 Eggs 4 1/2 c Flour ———————–MIXTURE TO ROLL DOUGH IN———————– 1/2 c Soft butter melted 1 c Chopped walnuts 1 c Sugar 1 ts Cinnamon This coffee cake […]

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Kids Cook Chocolate Cake

Ingredients & Directions 125 g Butter; (half a cup) 1/2 c Castor sugar 1/4 c Brown sugar Flour 2 Eggs 1 tb Beehive Co honey* or golden -syrup 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Milk 1 1/2 c Self raising 2 tb Cocoa 50 g Choc bits 1. Choose a cake tin (20cm. round works well) […]

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Mashed Potato Cakes

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Flour, sifted 1 ts Caraway seed 4 ts Baking powder 2 c Mashed potatoes 1 ts Salt 1/2 c Milk 1 tb Butter Mix and sift dry ingredients; work in butter and add caraway seed, mashed potatoes and lastly the milk. Roll about as thick as biscuits; cut into squares. […]

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