Aunt Roses Sorghum Cake Food

AUNT ROSE'S SORGHUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease a 9" x 9" baking pan.
• Cream the sugar and butter together.
• Add sorghum and mix.
• Sift together flour, baking soda and cinnamon in another bowl.
• Stir dry ingredients into the creamed mixture.
• Stir the boiling water into the batter; it will foam up.
• Bake about 45 minutes or until it springs back after being pressed lightly.

GLUTEN FREE SORGHUM CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine water, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix and while mixing add molassas to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the bowl.
• Combine wet and 1 1/4 cups dry ingredients and mix well. Place batter into two small loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minute.
• You can substitute a very ripe banana for the oil, and add some walnuts to make a killer banana bread.

AUNT ROSé'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 10-inch (3-quart) bundt pan, knocking out excess.
• Sift flour. Beat together butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar, flour, and vanilla and beat on low speed until just combined (mixture will appear dry and crumbly). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will form a batter as eggs are added).
• Pour batter into pan, smoothing top. Bake in middle of oven until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 15 minutes, then invert onto a rack and cool completely.

SORGHUM SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8-inch round cake pans and set aside. In a small saucepan, bring coffee just to a boil and stir in molasses and baking soda. Set aside. In a large bowl, sift together flour, spices, salt, and baking powder.
• In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in coffee-molasses mixture until well combined. Beat in flour mixture. Add eggs and mix well.
• Divide batter between pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in pans, then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely. Serve with Corn Ice Cream.