Early American Spice Cake Food

EARLY AMERICAN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
• Grease and flour a 9" X 13" pan.
• Cream shortening and gradually add sugar beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs all at one time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices.
• Add alternately with buttermilk, blend well after each addition.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until done.

CARAMEL SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and all three spices.
• Mix well; set aside.
• In another bowl, beat egg yolks, oil and water together.
• Stir in lemon juice, beat for 2 minutes.
• Gradually beat into dry ingredients, until smooth.
• In another small bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff, but not dry; Fold into batter, mix well (do not beat).
• Pour batter into buttered prepared baking pan.
• Bake 50-55 minutes, or until cake test done.
• TO MAKE ICING: In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and stir in flour and salt.
• Cook for 1 minute while stirring (do not brown butter).
• Stir in cream; cook until mixture thickens.
• Remove from heat and add in brown sugar, mix well.
• Let cool for 5 minutes.
• Add icing sugar and vanilla; mix well.
• Spread cake with caramel icing; serve immediately.

DUTCH SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160 C.
• Grease a 20 x 30 cm lamington pan and line with baking paper.
• Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg into big bowl.
• Stir in sugar, make well in centre, add milk and butter.
• Using wooden spoon, stir till smooth.
• Spoon into prepared pan, smooth top.
• Sprinkle with walnuts.
• Bake 30 - 35 minutes, cool in pan 5 minutes.
• Cool on rack, cut into squares.
• Serve with cream and honey.

WACKY CAKE (SPICE CAKE)

Steps:

• -preheat oven to 350.
• -stir the dry ingredients together.
• -add in the wet ingredients
• -grease an 8 by 8 inch pan.
• -cook for about thirty minutes.