Cake Square Food

LEMON CAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Cream margarine and sugar.
• Stir in eggs.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir into creamed mixture.
• Stir in the milk until well combined.
• Pour into a greased and floured 13"X 9"X 2" pan.
• Bake at 350F.
• for 25 minutes.
• Combine lemon juice and sugar.
• Spoon over hot cake.
• Bake at 350F.
• for 5 minutes.
• Cut while still warm into squares.

SPONGE CAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Beat eggs thoroughly. Gradually beat in sugar, beating at high speed until thick and light, about 5 minutes. Add vanilla. Beat in HOT milk. Using low speed on mixer, beat in dry ingredients, mixing well. Pour batter into parchment lined and greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
• Bake in 350°F oven 30 to 40 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove cake from oven; slowly pour melted butter over top. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, then cinnamon. Cool in pan on rack. Cut in squares to serve. Makes 12 servings.
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MATRIMONIAL SQUARES

Steps:

• Base:.
• In a large bowl, combine oatmeal, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cut in butter until crumbly.
• Spread 3/4 of the crumbs in a 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
• Date Filling:.
• Mix dates, water and sugar together in a saucepan.
• Cook until thick, stirring frequently.
• Remove from heat and add lemon juice.
• Allow to cool before using.
• Spread over the crumbs in the pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining crumbs over top of the filling.
• Bake at 350 degrees F.
• for 20 minutes.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• Make Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter a 13 x 9-inch glass baking dish.
• Bring water to a simmer in small saucepan.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Add chopped chocolate; whisk until smooth.
• Cool.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl.
• Using elelctric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until blended.
• Beat in yolks one at a time.
• Beat in cooled chocolate mixture and vanilla.
• Beat in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
• Using clean, dry beaters, beat whites in another bowl until stiff but not dry.
• Fold into batter in 2 additions.
• Pour batter into prepared dish.
• Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55-60 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on rack.
• Make Frosting: Combine first 5 ingredients in heavy saucepan.
• Whisk over medium-high heat until mixture simmers, thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 18 minutes.
• Mix in coconut and pecans.
• Spread warm frosting over cake.
• Immediately sprinkle 1/4 cup chocolate chips over.
• Let stand until frosting sets, about 2 hours.
• Cut cake into squares and serve.

APPLE CAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350f degrees.
• Mix the flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda and cinnamon together in a medium bowl and stir thoroughly.
• Cream the sugar and butter together in a large bowl.
• Beat in the eggs and whisk until smooth.
• Stir in the shredded apples and dates until they are completely distributed throughout.
• Slowly stir in the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly into the batter.
• Spray the bottom and sides of a 9 inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray or grease it with butter and pour in the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes.
• Put the confectioners' sugar in a sifter and dust it over the cake a few times until all the sugar is gone.