High Altitude Plum Spice Cake Food

DELICIOUS BABY FOOD PLUM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix all ingredients together in a mixer, beat well. (About 3 minutes).
• Pour in a well greased bunt or tube pan.
• Bake at 350 for 65 minutes or until a toopick comes out clean.
• Cool.
• Dust with Confectionary Sugar.

HIGH ALTITUDE ANGEL FOOD CAKE WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Sift flour and 1 cup sugar together three times.
• Place 1 3/4 cups egg whites, salt, and cream of tartar into mixing bowl and beat at high speed until fairly stiff (not stiff peak).
• Slowly add 1/2 cup sugar, close to beater.
• Add almond extract and vanilla.
• Beat until quite stiff but not dry.
• Add sifted sugar-flour mixture by fourths.
• Mix on low speed 10 seconds after each of first three additions and 20 seconds after last addition.
• Scrape down sides constantly during this mixing.
• Pour batter into a 10-inch, ungreased tube pan.
• Bake approximately 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool in inverted pan.
• Altitude Adjustments:.
• 7,500 ft: Increase flour to 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons Reduce the 1 cup of sugar to 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons.
• 10,000 ft: Increase flour to 1 1/4 cups. Reduce the 1 cup of sugar to 3/4 cup. Increase the baking temperature to 425°.
• Variations:.
• Chocolate Angel Food Cake: Substitute 1/4 cup sifted cocoa for 1/4 cup cake flour in step 2 . Omit almond extract and increase vanilla to 1 1/2 teaspoons.
• Spice Angel Food Cake: Sift 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp cloves, and 1 tsp cinnamon with the flour. Omit vanilla and almond extracts.

PLUM SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Line a 9-inch springform pan with aluminum foil.
• Pit and halve the plums and place them, cut sides up, in the bottom of the pan. Set aside.
• In an electric mixer, blend the flour, sugar, and oil on low speed until the flour is evenly moistened. Add the eggs and blend thoroughly.
• In a small bowl, mix together the baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Add the spice mixture to the batter in the mixer and blend well. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the vanilla and almond extracts and the salt and mix again.
• Pour the batter slowly over the plums. Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.
• Serve the Plum Spice Cake warm with softly whipped cream.

HIGH ALTITUDE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 9 inch round cake pans.
• 2. Sift together flour, cornstarch, sugar, baking powder, soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and allspice into a large bowl. Add shortening,buttermilk and eggs, beat for 2 minutes on high. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• 3. Bake for 30-35 minuts or until done. I frost with a cream cheese frosting. Enjoy to the fullest!

HIGH ALTITUDE CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and grease a13 x 9" pan or two smaller pans.
• Mix first three ingredients in mixing bowl until the fine crumb stage.
• Reserve 1 cup of this mixture for topping.
• Combine the remaining ingredients and add to the crumb mixture.
• Pour into prepared pan and top with the reserved crumbs.
• Bake for 25 minutes.

HIGH ALTITUDE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F and lightly grease/flour two 9" round cake pans.
• Sift the cake flour and baking powder into a bowl and set to the side.
• Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, up to 10 minutes.
• Mix in eggs, one at a time, fully blending each one in before adding the next.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Stir in the flour and baking powder mixture alternatively with the milk until the batter is smooth.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool cakes in the pans set over a wire rack.