Grammie Beas Double Raisin Cake Food

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.

GRAMMIE BEA'S MINCEMEAT APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Break mince meat into pieces, and put in a small sauce pan.
• Add the water.
• Place over med. heat, and stir lumps, until broken.
• Boil briskly for 3 mins., until almost dry, and let cool.
• Sift flour, salt, and soda.
• Cream Crisco, and add sugar gradually, beating until fluffy.
• Beat in egg.
• Stir in mince meat.
• Add dry ingredients with cooled apple.
• sauce.
• Stir in nuts.
• Bake in a greased and floured 9x13" pan, in a 350 oven for 30-40 mins., checking every 5 minutes after 30 mins., until a toothpick comes.
• out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.

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.

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.

RAISIN PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour either a 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan.
• I use Bakers Joy spray,.
• In a large bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream and vegetable oil.
• Blend well, then mix for 3 minutes at medium speed.
• Stir in raisins and walnuts.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour.
• Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
• Remove from pan and continue cooling on cake rack.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

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.