Pennsylvania Dutch Pound Cake Food

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FUNNY CAKE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup of sugar and cocoa. Blend in 1/2 cup milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour into unbaked pastry shells, tipping to coat the pastry halfway up the sides; set aside. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar. Add egg, shortening, vanilla and remaining milk; beat until smooth. Starting at the edge, spoon batter into the pastry shells, completely covering the chocolate. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm or chilled with whipped cream if desired.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH BREAKFAST CAKE

Steps:

• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and butter until fine crumbs.
• Take out 1 cup of crumbs for top of cakes, and set aside.
• Then add to remaining crumbs, 2 eggs, milk and vanilla.
• Mix until smooth.
• Pour into 3 (8-inch) greased cake pans.
• Sprinkle crumbs over batter.
• Bake at 350ºF.
• for 40 minutes or until done.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking power, salt, sugar and soda.
• Cut in butter until mixture has the consistency of course meal or small peas.
• Reserve about 1 1/2 cups of this mixture.
• Combine the eggs, milk and extracts and stire into the remainder of the dry blend.
• Pour into 2 well-buttered 10-inch pie pans.
• Brush the top of the dough w/ butter and sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until cake is done.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter. Add egg yolks, one at a time and beat until light and fluffy. Sift together flour and baking powder. In small amounts, add dry ingredients with sugar/butter mixture, alternating with milk. Add vanilla and lemon juice. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into mixture. Bake in 10 inch angel food cake pan which has been greased and floured. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool in cake pan about 10 minutes. Then place on wire rack top side up.

JOAN'S PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Combine sugar,flour,cinnamon,salt,and baking soda together in a large mixing bowl.
• Add eggs, oil, and carrots and beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, scraping down sides to make sure everything get moistened together.
• Pour into greased, lightly floured 9x13" metal cake pan.
• Bake at 350 F for 55-60 minutes, or until a toothpick tests clean.
• Cool completely before frosting.
• To prepare icing: beat together all ingredinets for 2 minutes using an electric mixer, then spread generously over cooled cake.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CAKE AND CUSTARD PIE

Steps:

• Prepare pie according to package directions for filled one-crust pie, using a 9 inch pie pan or 9 inch deep dish pie pan. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine 1/3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and apple pie spice and mix well. Stir in remaining filling ingredients; blend well and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar and margarine. Beat until well blended. Add sour milk, 1 egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup and level off. Add flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda and mix well. Spoon into crust lined pan. Carefully pour filling mixture over batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes or until center springs back when touched lightly and top is deep golden brown.
• In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients and blend well. Drizzle over hot pie. Serve slightly warm.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Coat a 12 x 8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• To prepare crumb base, stir together flour and salt. Add butter and cut into flour with a pastry blender or two knives until the consistency of medium-fine meal. Add granulated sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon; stir well.
• To prepare topping, transfer 4 cups crumb base to a medium bowl. Add melted butter; stir only until blended. Fluff mixture with fingers to make coarse, buttery crumbs.
• Add ginger, nutmeg, cloves and baking soda to remaining crumb base; stir well. Add buttermilk, egg and vanilla; beat to make a smooth, thick batter.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes, until topping is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack.
• Dust top of cake with powdered sugar, if using. Serve warm or at room temperature.