Great Aunt Lethas Wine Cake Food

GREAT AUNT LETHA'S WINE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Mix all cake ingredients with electric mixer until smooth (about 2 minutes). Beating is the secret to a good cake!
• 3. Bake in a greased spring form angel food cake pan or a greased bundt pan at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Test with a tooth pick to see when done.
• 4. For glaze, put the wine and powdered sugar into a jar with a lid. Shake until smooth. Pour over cake.

MOMMA'S WINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch bundt pan.
• In medium bowl combine the cake mix, instant vanilla pudding, nutmeg, vegetable oil, white wine, and eggs. Beat with an electric mixer for 5 minutes.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cake cool on rack in pan for 10 minutes then remove cake from pan to rack. Let cake cool completely before slicing. Garnish sliced cake with a dollop of whipped cream or dust with confectioners' sugar and sliced strawberries.
• Variation: You can also "flour" the pan after it's been greased with cocoa powder or a cinnamon sugar mixture for a textured crust. Simply fill a clean salt shaker for easy application. This will eliminate that "white stuff" on the outside of your baked cake which makes for a prettier cake.

GREAT AUNT LOLA'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix flour, sugars, soda and cinnamon.
• In heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat til melted and just UNDER a boil, don't boil!, the 2 sticks butter, 4 Tbl. cocoa and the 1 cup water.
• Pour over dry ingredients.
• Stir. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Stir well til all is combined.
• I use a large whisk for this.
• Scrape sides and bottom to incorporate all til smooth, but you don't have to over-mix. Pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• I use my old metal one for this, *it seems to come out MUCH better than using a glass one.
• Bake in 350º oven for 35-40 minutes, test with a toothpick.
• Remove from oven and while cooling, make icing.
• Fudge Icing:.
• In heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt and bring just UNDER a boil, the butter, cocoa and cream or milk.
• Stir in quickly the powdered sugar and vanilla til creamy.
• Then QUICKLY spread/pour over warm cake. Spread icing evenly over top.
• Chill in fridge til set.
• *For the icing, it's 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar or 1 (1 lb. ) box. It doesn't want to show up in the recipe.