Sieve together flour, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda. Cream butter and sugar. Seporate the egg yolk from the white. Beat the yolk into sugar and butter, then add the honey, gradually. Stir in the flour with a little milk as required and mix all together lightly. Whisk the egg white into a stiff froth and […]
Cakes
Seized Chocolate Cake
I mixed up the muck with about half a cup of canola oil (too lazy and too late to melt some butter), which seemed to loosen it into a goopy mud. Added some milk and two eggs, and about a cup of brown sugar. Tossed in about a cup and a half of whole wheat […]
Creme De Menthe Cake
-TOPPING – 12 oz Cool Whip 3 tb Creme De Menthe Mix cake according to package directions and add the Creme De Menthe. Pour into a greased and floured 9×13″ pan. Bake at 350~ for 30-35 minutes. Frost cake with canned frosting. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Mix Cool Whip and 3 T. Creme De Menthe and […]
Old-fashioned Fruit Cake
Prepare two 9×5 in. loaf pans or 1 8 in. square pan. In bowl combine peels, raisins, currants, pecan and cherrie. Pour in rum; mix well. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 8 hours or up to 24 hours is best. Toss with 1/2 cup of the flour; set aside. Combine remaining flour, […]
Coca-cola Cake
Combine butter & marshmallows in a med suacepan over low heat. Cook until marshmallows melt, about 7 mins. Stir in cocoa and Coca-cola. Remove from heat. Sift together sugar, flour and baking soda in a large bowl. Beat in chocolate-cola mixture on low speed. Add eggs & buttermilk. Beat til smooth, about 2 mins. Pour […]
White Chocolate Mousse Cake
Ingredient notes: Orange juice may be used in place of liqueur. Drain mandarin oranges and reserve liquid. Angle food cake may be used in place of sponge cake. 1. For the white chocolate mousse :Frosting:, melt white chocolate very gently over low heat with 1/2 cup whipping cream. Stir until smooth. Cool. 2. Whip remaining […]
Icing Cream Cheese
Soften the cheese and butter at leaving at room temperature. Beat in the sugar and then add the vanilla and cocoa (if you desire a cholocate icing;otherwise use almond or other flavoring for a white frosting.) This frosting is best on carrot cake or on the cholocate zucchini cake.
Cocoa Frosting
1. Combine cocoa, milk and butter in a medium-sized, heat- resistant, non-metallic bowl. 2. Heat, uncovered, in e Oven 1 1/2 minutes or until butter is melted. 3. Gradually add confectioners sugar and beat with electric mixer till smooth. Stir in vanilla. Fills and frosts two 8-inch layers. Note: If consistency is too thick, add […]
Chocolate Prune Cake
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a bundt pan. Sprinkle soda on prunes. Pour boiling water over and allow to cool. Cream butter and sugar in food processor. Add eggs. Add prune mixture and whir about 15 seconds. Add flour sifted with cocoa. Mix till blended with on/off motion. Pour into pan. Bake 45-55 minutes. […]
Irish Whiskey Cake
ICING Juice of 1 lemon 8 oz Confectioners sugar Warm water as needed Crystallized lemon slices* *As garnish, if desired. — Put the raisins and grated lemon rind into a bowl with the whiskey, and leave overnight to soak. Grease a 7-inch cake pan, and line the bottom with parchment; preheat oven to 350F. Cream […]
