Grandma Bastows Skillet Cake Food

GRANDMA'S CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter and 1 cup of the sugar in large bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour, cereal and baking powder; mix well. Pour into lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, mix remaining 1 cup sugar and water in small saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat. Boil 5 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven. Immediately pour hot sugar mixture over cake. Cool cake completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into 24 squares to serve.

GRANDMA'S BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat gas oven 350 degrees, electric 325 degrees. All ingredients should be room temperature. Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) round cake pans. Sift flour, add baking powder and salt. Set aside. On medium speed, cream butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. (Or 150 strokes by hand.) On medium speed, (or another 150 strokes) add 1 egg at a time. After 2 eggs add 2 tablespoons flour. Add flour mix alternating with the milk, ending with the flour. Add extracts. Place cake pan in middle of oven. Pans should not touch. Baking time approximately 35 minutes.
• In a hot cast-iron skillet or heavy saucepan melt butter and brown sugar together on high heat, stirring until sugar is thoroughly melted. Transfer into mixing bowl and, using mixer on low speed, starting and ending with confectioners' sugar; alternately add heavy cream with vanilla, beating until frosting becomes spreadable. Spread on cooled cake.;

GRANDMA BASTOW'S LEMON VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, sift the cake mix and instant pudding together, then add the eggs, oil, water, and lemon extract and beat with electric mixer for 5 minutes. Pour into greased and floured 13x9 baking dish and bake @ 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes. When cake is done, reomove from oven and place on a cooling rack for 5 minutes. Using a fork, poke holes in the top while the cake is still warm. These holes will allow the icing to flow through the cake infusing it with all the delicious lemon flavor in the icing, so poke plenty of holes !
• While the cake is baking, mix your icing because you will pour the icing over the top of the cake while it is still warm. First, put the powdered sugar into a small mixing bowl. You need to remove the zest from the outside of the lemon with a zesting tool (a small grater will work if you don't have the zesting tool) and add it to the powdered sugar. Cut the lemon in half and add all the juice from the lemon (being careful to remove all the seeds) to the sugar as well. Add the melted butter and water, then mix with a wire whisk until blended well. This mixture will be very runny. When cake has cooled for five minutes, and holes have been poked into top of cake, slowly pour the icing mixture over the top of the cake and allow it to seep down into the cake, being careful not to allow the icing to run over the sides of the cake. You want to keep the icing on the top of the cake so all the flavor doesn't run to the sides. If you are a true lemon flavor lover, you can double the icing recipe and it doubles the lemon flavor of this cake. I have tried it and WOW does it ever pack a punch of lemon flavor!! Yummy

GRANDMA JOE'S SOUTHERN IRON SKILLET "CORN BREAD"

Steps:

• Heat oven 375 degrees.
• coat 10 inch cast iron skillet evenly (spray or oil).
• Combine all dry ingredients.
• add milk and eggs continue to mix until blended.
• add melted butter or shorting (optional) mix well.
• Bake 25 to 30 min or until toothpick inserted in center comes out dry.
• carefully remove from oven when done.
• coat lightly with butter and serve.

GRANDMA'S BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Soak mushrooms in warm water 30 minutes; drain, reserving liquid. Chop mushrooms (you should have 1/3 cup). Melt butter in a Dutch oven or a large, heavy straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add pancetta; cook, stirring, until browned and crisp, about 1 minute. Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened and beginning to brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
• Add 2 tablespoons oil to Dutch oven; heat until shimmering. Add both meats, increase heat to high, and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Return vegetables to Dutch oven with marjoram, nutmeg, parsley, and basil. Add Marsala and bring to a boil; cook, scraping up browned bits, until liquid has almost evaporated, about 1 minute. Add 1/2 cup mushroom liquid and mushrooms, broth, and tomatoes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 hour. Stir in cream and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until reduced and thickened, 20 to 25 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta to boiling water and cook until floating and tender, about 1 minute. Reserve 1 cup pasta water, then drain. Transfer pasta to skillet with sauce. Add 1/2 cup pasta water; toss to combine and finish cooking, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat; add cheese and remaining 1/4 cup oil. Serve with more cheese, oil, pepper, and basil leaves, if desired.