Sweet Foods Of The Dutch Shoemakers Cake

SWEET FOODS OF THE DUTCH SHOEMAKER'S CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a saucepan over a medium flame, heat the apples without water until very tender, periodically stirring. This requires supervision, otherwise they will burn.
• Mash the apples and taste them. Add sugar to taste. Add the raisins, melted butter and then the yolks. Gently fold in the egg whites and incorporate thoroughly.
• Butter a 9-inch springform pan and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the bread crumbs to make an even coating. Pour half the apple mixture in the pan and sprinkle the top with another 1/2 cup of bread crumbs. Then add the remainder of the apple mixture and top with an even layer of the remaining bread crumbs. Bake for about 50 minutes until the cake is firm and light brown. Remove, cool and remove ring. Serve cut into wedges with whipped cream, if desired.

WOOLWORTH'S GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 9-inch round cake pans
• (or 2 larger cake pans).
• Line bottom of pans with buttered parchment paper or foil.
• Melt chocolate in boiling water. Stir and cool.
• Cream butter and sugar. Add yolks, one at a time, beating well after each yolk.
• Blend in vanilla and chocolate.
• Mix flour with soda and salt. Add alternately with buttermilk to chocolate
• mixture, beating after each addition until smooth.
• Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold beaten egg whites into
• the chocolate batter mixture.
• Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, but check on cakes earlier, especially if using
• 3 pans.Cool in pans for 5 minutes before turning out on racks to cool. Frost
• with Coconut Pecan Frosting (recipe below).
• Frosting directions:
• Combine milk, sugar, yolks, butter and vanilla in saucepan.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until it thickens, about 12 minutes.
• Stir in coconut and nuts. (An electric mixer works for this part.) Cool until
• it's thick enough to spread, beating occasionally.
• Makes about 3 ~ cups, more than enough to fill and frost a 9-inch 3-layer cake.
• It will run off, so make sure it's cool.