Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Butter or margarine, -softened 2 ts Grated lemon peel 1 Egg 1 1/2 c Pillsbury’s BEST all Purpose -FLour or unbleached Flour 2 tb Poppyseed 1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1/2 c Dairy sour cream 1. Cake Mix: 2/3 cup sugar 2. Filling: 2 cups fresh or frozen […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Sifted cake flour 1 ts Baking powder 1/8 ts Salt 1/2 c Shortening 1 1/4 c Sugar 4 Eggs, separated 1 ts Vanilla 3 tb Milk 1/2 c Sliced blanched almonds 1 tb Sugar 1/2 ts Cinnamon Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Cream shortening with 1/2 cup sugar […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Sugar 1 3/4 c All-purpose flour 3/4 c HERSHEY’S Cocoa 1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 1/2 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt 2 Eggs 1 c Milk 1/2 c Vegetable oil 2 ts Vanilla extract 1 c Boiling water 1 cn (21 oz.) cherry pie filling – chilled 4 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 3/4 c Flour 1 3/4 c Sugar 1 1/4 c Water 1 1/4 ts Soda 1 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla 1/4 ts Baking powder 2/3 c Margarine, soft 4 oz Unsweetened chocolate 3 Eggs Heat oven to 350. Brush sides and bottom of four 9″ round layer pans with butter. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/4 c Rum 2 c Fresh pumpernickel crumbs 6 Eggs; separated 1 pn Salt 1 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla 1/4 c Walnuts; finely grated 3/4 c Grated semisweet chocolate 1 1/2 c Heavy cream; whipped, -sweetened, flavored with -rum Recipe from Paula’s Peck’s The Art of Fine Baking (1961) Set oven […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 c Crushed Macaroons 3/4 c Cream 1/4 c Confectioners Sugar Salt 1 c Whipping Cream 1 ts Vanilla 4 Candied Cherries Combine macaroons, cream, sugar and a few grains of salt and allow to stand for an hour or so. Whip whipping cream until thickened but not stiff. Fold into the […]

Ingredients & Directions 3 lg Egg whites 3/4 c Sugar 1 ds Salt 1/4 c Almonds; blanched 1 3/4 ts Almond extract 1 1/2 c Heavy cream 3/4 ts Vanilla 12 Maraschino cherries BAKE 350 (almonds) Let whites warm to room temperature. Mix 1/4 cup water with sugar in 1 qt. pan; stir over low […]

Ingredients & Directions 1/2 c Granulated sugar 1 1/2 c Heavy cream; whipped to soft -peaks 3 tb Amaretto; Marsala or sweet -Sherry 1/2 c Toasted ground almonds 1 Egg white; beaten 1. Add the sugar to the softly beaten cream a little at a time. Beat well to incorporate sugar. Mix in the amaretto […]

Ingredients & Directions 3/4 lb Oblong biscuits (she has -“nice?” written here; this -is perhaps a name brand?) 1 1/2 tb Rum 1/2 c Milk 4 oz Butter 1/2 c Castor sugar (granulated) 2 Eggs 4 oz Ground almonds 3 dr Almond essence; more or less 1/2 c Milk; extra Toasted slivered almonds Cream butter […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Raspberries 1/2 ts Almond extract 2 1/2 c Frozen (thawed) whipped -topping 7 Graham cracker rectangles, 5 x 2 1/2 inches each The graham crackers soften and the flavor mellows during refrigeration, resulting in a rich but healthful dessert. Place raspberries in food processor or blender. Cover and process until […]