Orange Johnny Cake Food

OLD-FASHIONED JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F (not convection bake). Grease an 8x8-inch baking pan and set aside.
• Sift the flour and then measure. Sift together with the baking powder and salt into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix in the brown sugar and cornmeal.
• In a small bowl, beat together the milk, egg, vanilla and melted shortening. (Shortening may solidify a bit, but that's ok). Add this mixture all at once to the flour mixture and mix just until well combined.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly golden and the edges have pulled away from the sides of the pan.
• Cut into squares and serve hot with maple syrup and butter.

OLD-FASHIONED JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x9 inch baking pan.
• Sift cornmeal and flour together and spread thinly on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until lightly brown, about 10 minutes. Let cool. Raise oven temperature to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, combine cornmeal mixture, salt, sugar and baking powder. Pour in shortening and milk; stir to blend.
• In a separate large bowl, beat egg white until stiff. In a third bowl, beat egg yolk then fold into egg white. Gently stir flour mixture into beaten egg. Pour into prepared baking pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, until golden brown.

JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease thoroughly an 8 inch square cake pan.
• Combine cornmeal and milk. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir together the egg and milk.
• Cream shortening, and blend in sugar. Stir flour mixture and egg mixture alternately into creamed mixture alternately. Blend in cornmeal mixture.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve hot, with maple syrup.

ORANGE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2-inch loaf pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper.
• Cream the butter and 2 cups of the granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. With the mixer on medium speed, beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the orange zest.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, combine 1/4 cup of the orange juice, the buttermilk, and vanilla. Add the flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the batter, beginning and ending with the flour. Divide the batter evenly between the pans, smooth the tops, and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• While the cakes bake, cook the remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar with the remaining 1/2 cup orange juice in a small saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves. When the cakes are done, let them cool for 10 minutes. Take them out of the pans and place them on a baking rack set over a tray. Spoon the orange syrup over the cakes and allow the cakes to cool completely.
• To glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice in a bowl, mixing with a wire whisk until smooth. Add a few more drops of juice, if necessary, to make it pour easily. Pour over the top of one cake and allow the glaze to dry. Wrap well, and store in the refrigerator.

MOM'S JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• Mom's instructions simply say: Mix all ingredients together. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
• I remember making this in a weird little rectangular pan, which I'm sure we greased. I would estimate this to fit in an 8 or 9 inch square pan, Adjust time accordingly, as the 8 inch will make a litte thicker cake. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean--no longer--so it will stay moist.

CANADIAN JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• Mix eggs, milk, maple syrup and melted shortening.
• Add dry ingredients.
• Bake at 400F for about 30 minutes in a 9x9 pan.

WHOLE-ORANGE SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the pan: Butter an 8-inch square baking pan. Line the pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Butter the parchment.
• Transfer the orange chunks and milk to a high-speed blender (or food processor) and process until it is the texture of smooth applesauce. (You should have about 1 generous cup.)
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter and granulated sugar on medium until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed.
• Add half the flour mixture and beat just until combined. Beat in the orange mixture, then beat in the remaining flour mixture. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool for 20 minutes. Then, using the parchment, transfer the cake to a rack to cool completely.
• While the cake cools, prepare the glaze, if using: In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, orange zest and orange juice. (Use a little less juice for a thicker glaze that will sit on top of the cake, or add a little more juice for a thinner glaze that will soak into the cake.)
• Spread the glaze over the cooled cake, then slice to serve. Store leftovers well-wrapped at room temperature for up to 3 days.

KITTY'S ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour Bundt pan. I use Bakers Joy spray.
• Dump the cake mix in a large mixing bowl.
• Mix in orange Jell-O powder.
• Add the orange juice, orange extract, oil and orange zest.
• Mix all ingredients together until they are well blended.
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition.
• Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed with electric mixer.
• Fold in mini chips by hand.
• Pour cake batter into pan.
• Bake cake for 45-55 minutes or until side of cake separates from side of pan.
• Cool on a rack for 20-25 minutes.
• Loosen the outside edges and middle edges of cake and turn cake onto rack.
• Let cake cool completely on rack.
• Frostng:.
• put butter in bottom of a 2 cup microwave safe bowl.
• Add the semi sweet morsels.
• Heat on high for 1 minute.
• Stir to make sure morsels are melted;repeat at 15 second intervals until they are melted.
• Add the orange extract and stir in: add the orange juice one teaspoon at a time, stir after each addition.
• Pour frosting over the ridge of the cake, letting it run down the sides of the cake.

MOIST JOHNNY CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
• Beat egg.
• Add sugar.
• Heat milk to lukewarm.
• Add honey to milk.
• Add the beaten egg and oil.
• Add the dry ingredients; mix until smooth.
• Bake in greased muffin pan at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Can also be baked in a 9x9" pan.