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Zucchini Cake
Zuccini Cake
In a mixing bowl beat
3 eggs to a froth - Add
1 cup of cooking oil - 2
cups cooked zuccini - 2
cups of sugar and mix -
Add 3 cups flour - 1 teas
soda - 1 teas salt - 1/4
teas baking powder -
Blend into mixture -
Add either vanilla or
spices and 1/2 cup nuts -
Bake in greased 9 X 13
pan for 45 minutes
at 350° -
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# Zucchini Cake
## Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup cooking oil
- 2 cups cooked zucchini
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- Vanilla or spices (amount not specified)
- 1/2 cup nuts
## Instructions
1. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs to a froth.
2. Add the cooking oil, cooked zucchini, and sugar, and mix.
3. Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Blend into the mixture.
4. Add either vanilla or spices, and the nuts.
5. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan and bake at 350°F for 45 minutes. -
Orange Fluff Topping / Spice Cake & Icing
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over and hit edge sharply on table to loosen.
ORANGE FLUFF TOPPING— Mix together thoroughly
in top of double boiler 3 egg yolks, ½ cup sugar. Stir into
mixture ⅓ to ½ cup orange juice. Cook over hot water,
stirring constantly, until mixture thickens . . . about
15 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 tbsp. grated
orange rind. Cool. Fold in 1 cup heavy cream, whipped, ½
cup chopped, toasted, blanched almonds or ½ cup fresh
grated or packaged coconut. Serve on wedges of cake.
Makes about 3 cups topping.
If you live at an altitude over 2,500 feet, write Betty
Crocker, General Mills, Minneapolis 1, Minne-
sota, for recipe adjustments. Specify recipe wanted.
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Spice Cake & Icing
½ c. shor t. 1 c. sugar
1 c. br. sugar ¼ t. salt
1 egg & the yolk ½ c. sour milk
1½ c. flour spices to suit
1 t. b. powder vanilla
Mix ingredients and pour in loaf pan
cover batter with 1 stiffly beaten egg
white which is added ½ c. Br. sugar
sprinkle meringue with nut meats
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# Orange Fluff Topping
*Recipe by Betty Crocker / General Mills — circa 1950s*
## Ingredients
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 Tbsp grated orange rind
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- 1/2 cup almonds, blanched, toasted, and chopped
*(or 1/2 cup fresh grated or packaged coconut)*
## Instructions
1. Combine egg yolks and sugar in the top of a double boiler; mix together thoroughly.
2. Stir in orange juice.
3. Cook over hot water, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens — approximately 15 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and stir in grated orange rind.
5. Cool completely.
6. Whip heavy cream to stiff peaks.
7. Fold whipped cream into the cooled orange mixture until evenly combined.
8. Fold in chopped toasted almonds or coconut.
9. Serve over wedges of cake. -
Pecan Spice Cake
PECAN SPICE CAKE
2 3/4 c. sifted all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. ground ginger ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
¼ tsp. ground cloves ¼ tsp. ground allspice
1 cup milk 2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperatur
1 3/4 cups sugar
¼ c. firmly packed dark brown sugar
4 large egg yolks
1 3/4 cups grated carrots (about 2 large)
1 cup pecans (about 3 oz.) chopped
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5 large egg whit es
Pinch of Salt
Powdered sugar
(good served with ice cream)
Position rack in center of oven and preheat
to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 10" diameter
tube or bundt pan. Mix first 9 ingredients
in medium bowl. Mix milk and vanilla in
another bowl.
Using electric mixer, beat butter and 1 3/4
cup sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy.
Add brown sugar and beat until smooth, about
2 minutes. Add yolks 1 at a time and beat
after each addition. Stir in flour mixture
alternately with milk mixture. Mix carrots
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PECAN SPICE CAKE, CARD NO. 2
and chopped pecans into batter.
Using clean dry beater, beat whites and salt
in large bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold
into batter in 2 additions. Pour batter into
prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted
near center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
Cool cake in pan 10 minutes. Turn out onto
rack and cool completely.
(Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly
with plastic.) Dust cake with powdered
sugar. Serve with ice cream, if desired.
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# Pecan Spice Cake
## Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 3/4 cups grated carrots (about 2 large)
- 1 cup pecans (about 3 oz.), chopped
- 5 large egg whites
- Pinch of salt
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
## Instructions
1. Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter and flour a 10" diameter tube or bundt pan.
2. Mix first 9 ingredients (flour through allspice) in a medium bowl. Mix milk and vanilla in another bowl.
3. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and 1 3/4 cups sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add brown sugar and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes.
4. Add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
5. Stir in flour mixture alternately with milk mixture.
6. Mix carrots and chopped pecans into batter.
7. Using a clean dry beater, beat egg whites and pinch of salt in a large bowl until stiff but not dry. Fold into batter in 2 additions.
8. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
9. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool completely.
10. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly with plastic.) Dust cake with powdered sugar. Serve with ice cream, if desired. -
Prune Cake with Buttermilk Glaze
1 c oil
1 C Butter milk
1 c cooked prunes
1 c nuts
2 c flour
1½ c sugar
3 eggs
1 T. soda
1 t. nutmeg, allspice
cinnamon & salt
Bake 325. 40 to 45 min.
1 stick butter
1 C sugar
1 T. syrup
½ c butter milk
t. vanilla
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# Prune Cake with Buttermilk Glaze
## Ingredients
### Cake
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup cooked prunes
- 1 cup nuts
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 Tbsp baking soda
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
### Glaze
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp syrup
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
## Instructions
### Cake
1. Combine oil, buttermilk, cooked prunes, nuts, flour, sugar, and eggs. Mix well.
2. Add baking soda, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and salt. Stir to combine.
3. Bake at 325°F for 40 to 45 minutes.
### Glaze
1. Combine butter, sugar, syrup, buttermilk, and vanilla in a saucepan.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth.
3. Pour glaze over warm cake. -
Green Tomato Pickles
Green Tomato Pickles
Slice 1 pk green tomatoes
and 6 large onions pulled
& sliced, place in layers in
a stone jar, sprinkling each
layer with salt, using 1 C in
all & covering with a large
plate & on this put a weight
so that the juice will form a
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brine to come up over the
vegetables. Let remain overnight.
In the morning drain - thoroughly
dissolve 2½ lbs. brown sugar
in 1 qt of pure vinegar, in a
porcelain kettle, add 1 tb sp each
of cinnamon & allspice - 2 tbsp
mace & tsp of clove & spice tied
into a muslin bag. & cook until
vegetables are tender.
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# Green Tomato Pickles
*Yield: approximately 6 to 8 pint jars*
## Ingredients
- 1 peck (approximately 10 to 12 lbs) green tomatoes, sliced
- 6 large onions, sliced
- 1 cup pickling salt (for layering)
- 2 1/2 lbs (approximately 5 cups) brown sugar
- 1 qt pure white vinegar
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp ground allspice
- 2 Tbsp mace
- 1 tsp whole cloves
## Instructions
### Day 1 — Salt Draw
1. Slice green tomatoes and onions.
2. In a large stone jar or crock, layer tomatoes and onions alternately, sprinkling each layer with salt — 1 cup total distributed across all layers.
3. Place a large plate directly on top of the vegetables and weight it down so the juice is pressed out and rises up over the vegetables as a brine.
4. Let stand overnight.
### Day 2 — Cook and Can
1. Drain vegetables thoroughly in the morning.
2. Tie cinnamon, allspice, mace, and cloves in a double layer of muslin or cheesecloth to form a spice bag.
3. In a large non-reactive pot (porcelain, enameled, or stainless steel), dissolve brown sugar in vinegar over medium heat.
4. Add spice bag and drained vegetables.
5. Cook until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
6. Remove spice bag.
7. Pack vegetables into sterilized jars using a slotted spoon.
8. Ladle hot syrup over vegetables, filling to within 1/4 inch of rim.
9. Wipe jar rims clean, apply lids and bands, and seal.
10. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes (pint jars) according to current canning guidelines. -
Fruit Cake
Fruit Cake - M Rader
a four 3 times
5 cups flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
2 lb seeded raisins
1 lb currents
1 lb figs
1 lb dates
1/4 lb orange peeling
1/4 lb critton
1/4 lb lemon peeling
1 cup alomds meat
2 teaspoons cloves
2 " cinnmon
2 " guinger
1 " nutmeg
1 small glass brandy or
2 " wine
1 teaspoon salt
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3 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup of butter or crisco
8 eggs. first 4 eggs + then 4
1/2 cup black molassas
+ 1 teaspoon soda in
molassas.
2 hours in slow oven
about 5- cakes.
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# Fruit Cake (M. Rader)
*Recipe makes about 5 cakes.*
## Ingredients
- 5 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 lb seeded raisins
- 1 lb currants
- 1 lb figs
- 1 lb dates
- 1/4 lb orange peel
- 1/4 lb citron
- 1/4 lb lemon peel
- 1 cup almond meat
- 2 tsp cloves
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 3 cups brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or Crisco
- 8 eggs
- 1/2 cup black molasses
- 1 tsp baking soda (dissolved in molasses)
- 1 small glass brandy or 2 small glasses wine
## Instructions
1. Add first 4 eggs, then the remaining 4 eggs.
2. Dissolve 1 tsp baking soda into the molasses.
3. Combine all ingredients together.
4. Bake 2 hours in a slow oven.
5. Makes about 5 cakes.