New England Heirloom Cake Food

NEW ENGLAND HEIRLOOM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter bottoms of three 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides. Line bottoms with waxed paper.
• Mix flour, soda, and salt in small bowl. Using electric mixer, cream butter in large bowl until light. Gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in yolks, then melted chocolate. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Divide batter among prepared pans. Bake until tester inserted in centers comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer cakes to racks and cool 5 minutes. Run small sharp knife around pan sides to loosen. Unmold cakes onto paper towel-lined racks. Cool completely.
• Peel paper off cakes. Place 1 cake layer on platter. Slide waxed paper strips just under sides of cake. Spread 3/4 cup frosting over, Top with second cake layer. Spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Top with third cake layer. Spread remaining frosting decoratively over top and sides of cake. Remove waxed paper strips. Arrange walnuts around top edge and center of cake if desired. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; store at room temperature.)

HEIRLOOM CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat together the butter, and sugars until creamy.
• Sift together salt, baking soda, cocoa, and flour. In a seperate container mix together the buttermilk and the vanilla.
• Add the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk mixture.
• Bake in 3 (9 inch round or square) pans for 20 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees.
• When cool, stack the cakes and frost with the icing of your choice.

FAMILY HEIRLOOM CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat oil, flour, sugars, eggs and vanilla.
• Add and mix in cinnamon, nutmeg, soda and salt.
• Mix in carrots.
• Fold/mix in pecans and raisins.
• Pour batter evenly into greased and floured 9" cake pans.
• Bake in 350° oven for 50-55 minutes til toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 5-10 minutes, turn out onto rack to cool completely.
• For frosting:.
• Beat ingredients til smooth.
• Place 1 cake onto plate, frost top. Place second cake on top, frost sides and top of cake.
• I store this in my airtight tupperware cake thingy in the refrigerator.
• Variation: Spread a layer of apricot preserves between cake layers instead of cream cheese frosting. Then assemble cake and frost sides and top as usual. This takes about a 1/4-1/3 cup apricot preserves.

HEIRLOOM SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.
• Cream together butter and sugar in mixing bowl until light and fluffy, using electric mixer at medium speed. Beat in egg.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with sour milk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition, using electric mixer at low speed. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Pour batter into greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
• Bake in 350°F oven 40 minutes, or until cake tester or wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Sprinkle with sifted confectioners sugar. Makes 16 servings.
• *NOTE: To sour milk, place 1 tablespoons vinegar in measuring cup. Add enough milk to make 1 cup.
• Farm's Journal Home Baking Book.