1/2 cup better
1 cup fine sugar
2 eggs
1 cup flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Cream butter adding sugar, add well beaten eggs a little at a time. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add to first mixture alternately with milk. Bake in layer cake tins.
Filling
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
whites of 2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 tsp baking powder
1 cup coconut
boil sugar and water until it dissolves. Fold into stiffly beaten egg whites. Add coconut and baking powder until thick.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
English Marble Cake
1 cup Crisco
2 cup sugar
4 eggs beaten
1 cup milk
1/2 cup pastry flour (I think this might be 2 cups...1/2 cup seems like not enough...it's hard to make it out)
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup raisins
2 tbsp melted chocolate
2 tbsp molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 tsp vanilla
Work sugar and Crisco to a cream. Add egg milk. Add flour salt baking powder. Divide batter in half. to 1 half add chocolate, molasses, spices and raisins; to other add vanilla. Drop alternating in spoons full in greased tin. Bake in moderate oven 1 hour, makes 2 loaves. Ice with plain icing.
2 cup sugar
4 eggs beaten
1 cup milk
1/2 cup pastry flour (I think this might be 2 cups...1/2 cup seems like not enough...it's hard to make it out)
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup raisins
2 tbsp melted chocolate
2 tbsp molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 tsp vanilla
Work sugar and Crisco to a cream. Add egg milk. Add flour salt baking powder. Divide batter in half. to 1 half add chocolate, molasses, spices and raisins; to other add vanilla. Drop alternating in spoons full in greased tin. Bake in moderate oven 1 hour, makes 2 loaves. Ice with plain icing.
Caramell-Pineapple Cake
This is Grandma's spelling...I DO know how to spell Caramel.
Drain the juice from 1 cup full of shredded pineapple and arrange the fruit in a greased cake pan. Sprinkle with a cup of brown sugar and over this pour a butter cake batter. Bake and serve with whipped cream.
Drain the juice from 1 cup full of shredded pineapple and arrange the fruit in a greased cake pan. Sprinkle with a cup of brown sugar and over this pour a butter cake batter. Bake and serve with whipped cream.
Chinese Chews
DISCLAIMER: I didn't come up with this title...remember this book is over 100 year old...before political correctness took over.
1 cup sugar
1 cup broken nuts
1/2 cup boiling water
3/4 cup flour
2 eggs
1 cup chopped dates
1/4 tsp salt vanilla (we looked this up....its a real thing...salt infused with vanilla...you can find DIY recipes online)
1 tsp baking powder
Instructions (yes folks....finally some instructions!)
Beat eggs and sugar. Add nuts and dates. Pour boiling water on slowly, add salt vanilla and flour. Bake. Cut in 2 inch squares. Roll and dip in granulated sugar.
1 cup sugar
1 cup broken nuts
1/2 cup boiling water
3/4 cup flour
2 eggs
1 cup chopped dates
1/4 tsp salt vanilla (we looked this up....its a real thing...salt infused with vanilla...you can find DIY recipes online)
1 tsp baking powder
Instructions (yes folks....finally some instructions!)
Beat eggs and sugar. Add nuts and dates. Pour boiling water on slowly, add salt vanilla and flour. Bake. Cut in 2 inch squares. Roll and dip in granulated sugar.
Vernice's Cake
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup hot water
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup raisian
1/4 cup nuts
3 cups flour
That's it folks!
1 cup butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup hot water
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup raisian
1/4 cup nuts
3 cups flour
That's it folks!
Jelly Roll
4 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp cold water
Lemon (not sure whether this is juice of a lemon, or lemon zest, or lemon flavor....we'll have to guess)
flour to make batter not too stiff
Cook in moderate oven (use a jelly roll pan...grandma didn't say that)
When done, turn out and spread jelly and roll in a damp cloth.
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp cold water
Lemon (not sure whether this is juice of a lemon, or lemon zest, or lemon flavor....we'll have to guess)
flour to make batter not too stiff
Cook in moderate oven (use a jelly roll pan...grandma didn't say that)
When done, turn out and spread jelly and roll in a damp cloth.
Maple Walnut Cake
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
1 cup milk
2 cups flour
2 heaping tsp. baking powder
1 cup walnuts
2 tsp maple flavor
That's right folks...NO INSTRUCTIONS. Grandma apparently never thought anyone else would look at this...we'll just make it up as we go.
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs
1 cup milk
2 cups flour
2 heaping tsp. baking powder
1 cup walnuts
2 tsp maple flavor
That's right folks...NO INSTRUCTIONS. Grandma apparently never thought anyone else would look at this...we'll just make it up as we go.
Coffee Cake
1 cup sugar
1 cup raisins
1 cup shortening
1 tsp nutmeg and cinnamon and cloves
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of strong coffee (that's right folks...Grandma Marsden was a rebel!!! Coffee in her cake...when we try it..we'll probably use Pero or Postum or hot chocolate...you coffee drinkers...go ahead and add your Starbucks)
Put all in pan and lt boil, cool and add 2 1/2 cups of flour, 1 tsp baking powder. Bake
1 cup raisins
1 cup shortening
1 tsp nutmeg and cinnamon and cloves
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of strong coffee (that's right folks...Grandma Marsden was a rebel!!! Coffee in her cake...when we try it..we'll probably use Pero or Postum or hot chocolate...you coffee drinkers...go ahead and add your Starbucks)
Put all in pan and lt boil, cool and add 2 1/2 cups of flour, 1 tsp baking powder. Bake
Potato Cake
2 cups of butter (or it could say 2/3 cups of butter...not sure ...it look like butter spilled on the page, and has rubbed the number clean...we'll have to test it out.
2 cups of sugar (or it could say 1 cup...no telling...that dang butter!)
1 cup of chocolate
1 cup hot mashed potatoes
2 tsp of brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Put all in pan and stir together
(Unintelligible) tsp cinnamon (not sure how much...stupid butter...she must have liked this recipe)
(Unintelliglble) eggs beaten stiff (probably 2)
1 tsp vanilla
(Unintelliglble) wall nuts (that's right folks...wall nuts...not my spelling...I'm also going to assume you put in 1-2 cups of walnuts...or whatever you want...or no nuts at all.)
2 cups of sugar (or it could say 1 cup...no telling...that dang butter!)
1 cup of chocolate
1 cup hot mashed potatoes
2 tsp of brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Put all in pan and stir together
(Unintelligible) tsp cinnamon (not sure how much...stupid butter...she must have liked this recipe)
(Unintelliglble) eggs beaten stiff (probably 2)
1 tsp vanilla
(Unintelliglble) wall nuts (that's right folks...wall nuts...not my spelling...I'm also going to assume you put in 1-2 cups of walnuts...or whatever you want...or no nuts at all.)
For Rheumatism
As Meilani and I were working on this together, we came across an insert on a small piece of foolscap. It's titled "For Rheumatism." I'm thinking that grandma was having some trouble with this and got a "cure" from someone, and wrote it down. Here it for your healthy amusement:
For Rheumatism
For Breakfast
Juice of 2 oranges
Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 1/2 Grapefruit
Yolk of 1 egg
Then she states what you eat for lunch and supper
Thickly shredded garlic spread between 2 pieces of rye or bran bread for lunch and super
Enjoy!!!! Sounds YUMMY.
For Rheumatism
For Breakfast
Juice of 2 oranges
Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 1/2 Grapefruit
Yolk of 1 egg
Then she states what you eat for lunch and supper
Thickly shredded garlic spread between 2 pieces of rye or bran bread for lunch and super
Enjoy!!!! Sounds YUMMY.
Brown Stone Front Cake
1/2 cup grated chocolate
1 1/4 cup milk
1 cup brown sugar
1 beaten egg yolk
Boil, cook and add (this probably means to combine the above and heat together. I would use a double boiler so the stuff doesn't burn and then add the next ingredients)
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs well beaten
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp baking bowder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp soda dissolved in flour to make as (uninteligible) as ordanary cake. (I think the unintelligible part says "thick" but I'm going to assume that you just add flour until it looks like the consistency of cake batter)
One funny thing about this book is that there is all kinds of food bits stuck to the pages...funny to think that I have grandma's mess from all that long ago sitting in my house now. See the picture below
1 1/4 cup milk
1 cup brown sugar
1 beaten egg yolk
Boil, cook and add (this probably means to combine the above and heat together. I would use a double boiler so the stuff doesn't burn and then add the next ingredients)
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs well beaten
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp baking bowder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp soda dissolved in flour to make as (uninteligible) as ordanary cake. (I think the unintelligible part says "thick" but I'm going to assume that you just add flour until it looks like the consistency of cake batter)
One funny thing about this book is that there is all kinds of food bits stuck to the pages...funny to think that I have grandma's mess from all that long ago sitting in my house now. See the picture below
Apple Sauce Cake
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
2 1/2 apple sauce unsweetened
4 cups flour
2 cups raisins
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tsp baking soday
1 1/2 tsp nutmeg
No instructions....thanks a lot Grandma...
1 cup shortening
2 1/2 apple sauce unsweetened
4 cups flour
2 cups raisins
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
3 tsp baking soday
1 1/2 tsp nutmeg
No instructions....thanks a lot Grandma...
Graham Cake
1 quart gram flour
1/2 cup white flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
2 tsp cinnamon
1 lb. nuts
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 tsp cocoa
3 eggs
1 lb of raisins
1 tsp of nutmeg
Boil raisins 20 minutes. Mix flour and sugar together.
That's all of the instruction on the page. Good luck finding out the rest.
1/2 cup white flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
2 tsp cinnamon
1 lb. nuts
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 tsp cocoa
3 eggs
1 lb of raisins
1 tsp of nutmeg
Boil raisins 20 minutes. Mix flour and sugar together.
That's all of the instruction on the page. Good luck finding out the rest.
Date Loaf
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 egs
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 lb. dates
1/2 cup walnuts
1 tsp vanilla
Again...no instructions. I'm not a fan of things with "loaf" in the title...but it looks interesting. This is a bit like a banana bread recipe...so I'm thinking maybe putting it in a 350 F oven for 55 to 75 minutes...checking after a while with a toothpick or skewer and taking it out when it comes out clean...
1/2 cup butter
2 egs
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 lb. dates
1/2 cup walnuts
1 tsp vanilla
Again...no instructions. I'm not a fan of things with "loaf" in the title...but it looks interesting. This is a bit like a banana bread recipe...so I'm thinking maybe putting it in a 350 F oven for 55 to 75 minutes...checking after a while with a toothpick or skewer and taking it out when it comes out clean...
Mocha Cake
1 small cup of sugar
1 1/2 square of chocolate
1 tbsp butter creamed
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg yolk
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup of milk
Fold in whiped white
This is all of the instructions that grandma put in the book. Not sure what "fold in whiped white" means...but its worth a try...
1 1/2 square of chocolate
1 tbsp butter creamed
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg yolk
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup of milk
Fold in whiped white
This is all of the instructions that grandma put in the book. Not sure what "fold in whiped white" means...but its worth a try...
Crumb Cake
2 cups flour
3/4 cup butter
Rub the two ingredients above to crumb
Take out 1 cup of the crumbs and add 1 cup of sugar to it...set this aside
Next
4 tbsp of cocoa and 1/2 tbsp of fat (lard or shortening) OR 1 square of baking chocolate
1 cup of sour milk
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup raisins and 1 cup of currants OR 1 lb. of dates
Mix all ingredients together with the all of the flour mixture except the reserved 1 cup of crumbs.
sprinkle crumbs on top and bake
Again, Grandma's recipe book doesn't really give temperature for the oven as it was likely a wood burning stove, and so heating to 350 F or 375 F will probably do. There are also never any times on the recipes...so good luck.
3/4 cup butter
Rub the two ingredients above to crumb
Take out 1 cup of the crumbs and add 1 cup of sugar to it...set this aside
Next
4 tbsp of cocoa and 1/2 tbsp of fat (lard or shortening) OR 1 square of baking chocolate
1 cup of sour milk
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup raisins and 1 cup of currants OR 1 lb. of dates
Mix all ingredients together with the all of the flour mixture except the reserved 1 cup of crumbs.
sprinkle crumbs on top and bake
Again, Grandma's recipe book doesn't really give temperature for the oven as it was likely a wood burning stove, and so heating to 350 F or 375 F will probably do. There are also never any times on the recipes...so good luck.
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Grandma's Eggless Cake
Ingredients
1/3 cup butter1 cup sugar
1 1/3 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup currants or raisins
1/4 tsp cloves
1 cup Buttermilk
1 tsp Soda
1 tbsp molasses
1 cup Walnuts (not crushed)
Directions
Wash fruit and put in oven until hot through (stir often). Mix all other ingredients in a bowl together. Pour over warmed fruit and cook until done.
Just an FYI...there was no direction for temperature as many of Grandma's recipes. These recipes were put in this book before conventional ovens were available, and Grandma would use a wood stove. I would suggest cooking the cake at 350 degrees and checking after about 20 minutes.
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