Fresh Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Ingredients & Directions 2/3 c Granulated sugar 1 1/2 c Flour 3/4 c Unsalted butter 1 c Yellow cornmeal 1 ts Vanilla 1/3 c Madeira 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg or mace 1 lb Pineapple, peeled, cut into 2 Eggs -1/2″ thick slices, core 2 Egg yolks -removed (about 1/2 1 1/2 c Milk -med pineapple) […]

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Old Fashioned Pound Cake

Ingredients & Directions 4 1/2 c Flour 10 ea Eggs 2 1/4 c Sugar 1 1/2 ts Salt 1 lb Butter 2 ts Cognac, rum or vanilla Beat butter until smooth, mixer on low speed. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add flavoring then eggs in 4-5 portions. Add salt to sifted flour. Add 1/2 […]

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Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients & Directions KAREN ADLER (FNGP13B) Cheese; softened Vanilla cookie crust (see 3/4 c Sugar Index) 3 Whole; smilin’ eggs 5 Squares simisweet chocolate 1 ts Vanilla 3 pk (8-oz each) cream 1 c Dairy sour cream IS IT CHEESECAKE; OR IS IT FUDGE? 1. Prepare Vanilla Cookie Crust: press mixture evenly onto bottom and […]

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Apple Cheddar Shortcake

Ingredients & Directions SHORTCAKE 2 1/2 c Biscuit Mix; Bisquick 2/3 c Milk 4 oz Cheddar; Sharp, Shredded 1/3 c Butter; Melted APPLE TOPPING 3/4 c Brown Sugar; Packed 1/4 ts Salt 3 tb Cornstarch 1 c Water 1/2 ts Cinnamon; Ground 4 c Apples; Peeled,Cored, Sliced TOPPING 1 x Heavy Cream; Whipped Heat the […]

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Heart-shaped Chocolate Diablo Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Raisins 1/4 c Scotch whisky or rum 1 c Semisweet chocolate chips 1/4 lb Unsalted butter 3 lg Eggs; separated 2/3 c Sugar 4 1/2 tb Cake flour 2/3 c Finely ground blanched -almonds 1 pn Salt === CHOCOLATE GANACHE === 1 1/3 c Semisweet chocolate chips 1 c Heavy […]

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Very Moist Lemon Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Lemon cake mix 3 oz Lemon jello 3/4 c Water; cold 4 Eggs 3/4 c Oil 1 ts Lemon extract -GLAZE- 3 Lemons 2 c Powdered sugar Combine cake mix and jello, add cold water. Add eggs one at a time. Add oil and lemon extract. Pour in lightly greased […]

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Pumpkin Gingerbread Snacking Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 1/2 c Granulated sugar 2 Eggs 1 c Pumpkin puree 1/2 c Vegetable oil 1/2 c Buttermilk 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Ginger 1/2 ts Each salt, cinnamon, Nutmeg, ground Cloves and allspice 1/4 ts Baking powder Icing sugar Nicely spiced, this moist, light cake […]

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No-bake Chocolate War Cake (1994 Bosnia)

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Cooking oil 1/2 c Milk powder 1/2 c Sugar 1/2 c Cocoa powder 1 3/4 c Water 8 sl Sandwich bread; torn into -bite-size piece WAR CAKE ICING 4 tb Milk powder 3 tb Flour 3 tb Sugar 1 tb Cocoa powder 1 c Water From: christi@lexis-nexis.com (Christi Wilson) Date: […]

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Velvety Apricot Cake

Ingredients & Directions 2 3/4 c Cake flour 1/4 ts Salt 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 3/4 c Shortening 1 3/4 c Sugar 3 Eggs 1/2 c Apricot juice 1/2 c Water 1/3 c Apricot pulp 1 ts Vanilla Stew apricots as for table use, drain and put fruit through sieve. Cream shortening, […]

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Mardi Gras King Cake

Ingredients & Directions 1 pk Yeast 1/4 c Warm water 6 ts Milk, scalded and cooled 4 c Flour (to 5 cups) 1/2 lb Butter 3/4 c Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 4 Eggs 2 ts Melted butter Small plastic doll (or bean) Light corn syrup for topping Granulated sugar for topping – green, yellow, purp […]

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