Grammie Beas Butter Rum Cake Food

GRAMMIE BEA'S CRISPY BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES

Steps:

• Wash cucumbers and pepper.
• Cut cucumbers and onions in slices 1/4-1/2" thick.
• Cut pepper into thin strips and then cut into thirds.
• Soak all overnight in salted water.
• When ready to make pickles:.
• Put 1 quart vinegar in a large pan or kettle.
• Add cloves, black pepper, celery seed, mustard seed, turmeric powder, and sugar.
• Drain the liquid out of cukes, pepper and onions. Add them into the vinegar mixture in the kettle.
• Bring to a good scald, almost a boil.
• Next, sterilize jars in boiling water in a large canning pan, or whatever you are using.
• Add the pickle mixture to the jars, and seal while hot.
• Make sure seals are down.
• Note: Preparation time does not include soaking the cucumbers and onions overnight, or sterilizing the jars.

GRAMMIE BEA'S CRISCO YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Mix thoroughly by hand 300 strokes or 2 minutes at med. speed with mixer. Scrape bowl frequently during mixing.
• Add eggs and vanilla, and again mix by hand 300 strokes, or 2 minutes at med speed with mixer.
• Pour batter into greased and floured 9x13" or two 9" round pans, and bake in 350 oven.
• Bake 9" layer pans 30-35 minutes.
• Bake 9x13" pan 40-45 minutes.
• Let cakes cool for 10 minutes in layer pans, then remove onto a cooling rack until cool.
• If you use the 9x13" pan keep the cake right in the pan and frost when cool.

HOT BUTTERED RUM CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F.
• Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray and sprinkle the bottom with the chopped pecans. Set aside.
• Combine the flour, dry milk, cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. (It will look like crumb topping.)
• Whisk together the milk, rum, oil, vanilla and eggs in another bowl.
• Slowly add the liquid mixture to the crumb mixture and mix until combined. (Pouring the liquid in slowly is important. The batter has a high ratio of liquid and will be thin almost like a thick crepe batter, but if you add the liquid too quickly you will get lumps that never go away no matter the amount of mixing!)
• Pour the batter into the pan and bake until the top is golden, center is set and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted, 50 to 60 minutes.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack. Poke holes all over the cake using a wooden skewer.
• For the buttered rum sauce: Meanwhile, add the butter, honey, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, nutmeg, salt and 1/3 cup water to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until the honey has dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the rum. (It is going to bubble and splatter a little, so be careful.)
• Clean and dry the Bundt pan, then place the cooled cake back inside the pan. Poke a few holes in the top. Evenly pour the rum sauce over the cake. Let the cake sit to absorb the sauce, 30 minutes or up to overnight.
• Invert the cake back onto a cake plate and serve at room temperature. (See Cook's Note.)

GRAMMIE BEA'S LAZY DAISY OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cake:.
• In a shallow bowl, combine rolled oats and boiling water. Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Using a mixer, cream butter until creamy.
• Gradually beat in sugars, and beat until light.
• Blend in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
• Remove beaters from creamed mixture.
• Stir in rolled oat mixture.
• Fold in flour mixture. Blend well.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9" square cake pan.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes Remove from oven, but DO NOT REMOVE CAKE FROM PAN.
• Topping:.
• Combine all melted butter. brown sugar, canned milk and nuts. Spread over the hot cake.
• Return the cake to the oven, under the broiler. Broil until the topping is bubbly and tinged with gold. Watch it as it will burn easily.

GRAMMIE BEA'S SPECIAL VANILLA FROSTING

Steps:

• In a bowl mix solid Crisco, salt, vanilla, and about 1/3 of the sugar.
• Add milk and remaining sugar alternately. Mix until smooth and creamy.
• Add more sugar to thicken, or milk to thin frosting, if needed, for a good spreading consistency.
• Frosts 2 8 or 9" layers OR 1 13x9x2" cake.

BUTTERED RUM CHRISTMAS CAKE

Steps:

• Start with the fruit. Pour the apple juice into a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add the butter, let it melt, then take off the heat and add the syrup and rum. Put the mixed fruit and cranberries into a large bowl, pour over the hot rum mix, then cover tightly with cling film and leave overnight.
• The next day, heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and double-line a 20cm round, deep cake tin with non-stick baking parchment. Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy and pale, then gradually beat in the eggs until light and fluffy. If the mix starts to split or look lumpy, add 1 tbsp of the flour and keep beating. Sift in the flour, spices and ¼ tsp salt, and fold in using a large spoon. Fold in the orange zest, nuts, soaked fruit and soaking liquid.
• Spoon the batter into the tin, level the top, then make a slight dimple in the middle using the back of the spoon. Bake for 1 hr 30 mins, then reduce oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1 and bake for a further 1 hr 45 mins or until it has risen, is a dark golden colour and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Put the tin on a cooling rack and leave until warm.
• To feed the cake the first time, use a cocktail stick to poke all over the top of the warm cake. Stir together the rum and maple syrup, then slowly spoon over the cake. Cool completely, then remove the baking parchment, wrap loosely in clean baking parchment and store in an airtight tin. Feed the cake every week to 10 days until you decorate it.
• To cover, ice and decorate your cake, see 'goes well with' for instructions on how to make our Midwinter candle cake, Sparkly bauble cake or Sparkling snowfetti cake.

GRAMMIE BEA'S CHOPPED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour a loaf pan, or 9x9" cake pan, or makes 18 cup cakes.
• Cut apples, and peel and chop into small pieces.
• Add sugar, and mix and let set for 10 minutes while mixing dry ingredients.
• Sift flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg together well.
• Add oil mixed with beaten egg, to apples.
• Mix in dry ingredients, and pour into pan.
• Bake at 350° for 30-45 minutes. Test at 30 minutes with a tooth pick in center of cake -- When it comes out clean, cake is done. DO NOT overbake.