Aunt Marys Oatmeal Cake Food

AUNT MARY'S APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350 degrees F.
• Sprinkle apples with sugar and let stand.
• Mix beaten egg and butter.
• Sift in flour, soda, salt and cinnamon and mix very well.
• Fold into apples and make sure the apples are well and evenly coated.
• Mix in raisins and, if desired, nuts.
• Note: we use raisins which have been soaked in bourbon.
• Note 2: If using regular raisins, make sure you plump them in warm water or rum or the like, then drain before adding.
• Place in a buttered 8" x 8" square baking dish or in a buttered bundt pan and bake for about 50 minutes.
• Cool briefly on rack in pan; turn out of the pan and allow to cool to room temperature on a rack.

AUNT MARY'S COOKIES

Steps:

• Place sheets of waxed paper onto a work surface.
• Stir sugar, cocoa, and evaporated milk together in a large nonstick saucepan over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir butter and marshmallow creme into cocoa mixture. Quickly stir graham cracker crumbs into mixture.
• Drop cookies by the spoonful onto waxed paper; let stand until firm. Store in airtight containers.

AUNT MARY'S CARROT-PINEAPPLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and lightly flour baking pan. Preheat oven to 325°F
• Mix together dry Ingredients: sugar, soda, cake flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder
• Drain can of pineapple juice from pineapple, saving the juice.
• Add the following to the dry mixture and beat for 3 minutes: Pineapple juice, eggs, oil, vanilla
• Stir in pineapple, carrots and (optional) pecans
• Bake in Bundt pan at 325 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours. (Can also be baked in 9 x 13 for about 45 minutes.).
• Cool for 10 minutes in pan before unmolding
• Frost with Currant-Nut Icing.
• Currant-Nut Icing
• 4 1/2 cups icing sugar (1 box) 2 Tablespoon vanilla
• 1 pkg (8 oz.) soft cream cheese 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup currants
• 2 Tablespoon milk
• Plump currants by soaking in 1/3 cup of hot water for 5 minutes.
• Drain well.
• Beat sugar, cream cheese (I use laughing cow cheese), butter, milk and vanilla
• until smooth. Fold in walnuts and currants.
• Spread over cooled cake.

MARY'S OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat together shortening, sugars, egg, water and vanilla until creamy. Add combined remaining ingredients; mix well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 12-15 minutes.
• For variety; add chopped nuts, raisins, chocolate chips or coconut.

AUNT MARY'S ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Combined baking soda and buttermilk and let stand for a few minutes.
• Cream sugar, butter, and shortening.
• Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add buttermilk mixture and flour alternately until combined.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Fold stiff egg whites into batter along with coconut and pecans.
• Evenly divide mixture between 3 well greased and floured, 9 inch pans.
• Bake at 325 for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out cleanly.
• Top each layer with 'Aunt Mary's Cream Cheese Frosting' and sprinkle on pecans.