Cakes & Frostings
The Cakes and Frostings category includes all types of cakes and frostings such as butter cream, cream cheese, cooked and decorators icing. I'm sure this category will continue to grow as the selection is endless.

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Good Cake Print E-mail
Written by Julie   
Monday, 04 July 2011 18:31
Ingredients:goodcake
1 Cup White Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter or Margarine
2 Eggs
1 Cup Sour Milk
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Ground Raisins
1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Cloves
1/2 Teaspoon Allspice
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoon Salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease an 8" x 8" cake pan.

In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and mix. Add the sour milk and baking soda and mix on low until blended. Add the Cloves, Allspice, Cinnamon and salt and combine. Mix in the ground raisins and flour.

Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until done.
 
Chocolate Sheet Cake Print E-mail
Written by Julie   
Saturday, 23 May 2009 15:21
Cakechocolate_sheet_cake
Ingredients:

½ Cup (1 Stick) Margarine or Butter
½ Cup Crisco Oil
4 Tablespoons Cocoa
1 Cup Water
2 Cups Flour
2 Cups Granulated Sugar
2 Eggs
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
½ Cup Buttermilk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla

Directions:

Add the margarine, oil, cocoa and water to a medium sized pot and bring to a boil then set aside. In a large bowl mix the flour, sugar, buttermilk, baking soda and hot chocolate mixture. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth. Pour into a 16" x 11", Jelly Roll pan or a 13" x 9" cake pan and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
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Cream Cheese Frosting Print E-mail
Written by Julie   
Saturday, 18 April 2009 09:14
Cream Cheese Frostinglemon_poppyseed_cake

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup (1 Stick) Margarine or Butter
1 8oz. Pkg. Cream Cheese
4 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Almond Extract

Directions:

Let butter and cream cheese stand on counter to warm slightly.  In a medium bowl cream the butter and cream cheese.  Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and almond and mix until light and creamy.  Frost all sides of the cooled cake.  There may be more frosting than needed, depending upon your preferences.  The left over frosting is great on graham crackers, muffins or cupcakes.
 
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake Print E-mail
Written by Julie   
Saturday, 18 April 2009 08:55
Ingredients:lemon_poppyseed_cake

1 Duncan Hines Lemon Supreme Cake Mix
1 Pkg. Instant Lemon Pudding
1/4 Cup Poppy Seeds
1 Cup Hot Water
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil (Wesson or Crisco, etc.)
4 Eggs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°

Lightly grease bundt pan with cooking spray.  Place the cake mix in a large bowl.  Make a well in the center then add the lemon pudding and poppy seeds.  Pour the hot water over the pudding mix and poppy seeds.  Stir quickly with a spoon to mix.  Add the oil and eggs and beat with an electric mixer for 4 minutes.  Pour into the greased bundt pan.  Bake at 350° for 50 to 55 minutes.  Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup (1 Stick) Margarine or Butter
1 8oz. Pkg. Cream Cheese
4 Cups Powdered Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Almond Extract

Directions:

Let butter and cream cheese stand on counter to warm slightly.  In a medium bowl cream the butter and cream cheese.  Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and almond and mix until light and creamy.  Frost all sides of the cooled cake.  There may be more frosting than needed, depending upon your preferences.  The left over frosting is great on graham crackers, muffins or cupcakes.

A light glaze can also be used by mixing powdered sugar and orange juice (heat the orange juice).

Note: This recipe is from our Grandma Hilma who was a great cook.  She quite often had a Lemon Poppy Seed cake to go with whatever wonderful dinner she had cooked up.
 
Pound Cake Print E-mail
Written by Julie   
Thursday, 25 December 2008 03:47
Ingredients:

1 lb. Butter or Margarine
1 Dozen Large Eggs
4 Cups Sugar
4 Cups All Purpose Flour

Directions:

Butter and eggs should be room temperature.

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a tube pan (angel food cake pan).

Cream sugar and butter. Add 1 egg at a time, mixing after each egg until all 12 are added. Mix in the flour. Bake in a 350° oven for 1 hour then reduce the temperature to 325° and bake for 45 minutes more. Test cake with a long toothpick or wooden skewer. The toothpick should come out clean.

Notes:
This is an old fashioned family recipe given to me by a dear friend. It's wonderful all by itself or add strawberries and whipped cream for a delicious variation.

Servings: 24
Recipe Difficulty: Normal
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 Hour 45 Min.
Country: USA
 
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