Banana Cake
A classic, as tasty as easy
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1-1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup mashed potatoes
- 1 tsp soda
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/8 tsp salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1-1/2 cup sugar
Instructions
- Cream shortening and sugar, add eggs and beat.
- Mix in bananas and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Fold in nuts.
- Bake in square or layer pans at 350 degrees.
Raisin Pecan Cake
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 cup seedless raisins
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 -2/3 cup flour all purpose
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ¼ tsp. soda salt and all spice.
- 2-1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 2 cups boiling water
Instructions
- Simmer, covered, raisins in water for 15 minutes. Drain and save ½ cup of the liquid. Cool.
- Cream butter, blend in sugar, add eggs and vanilla, Add liquid and dry ingredients. Fold in raisins and nuts.
- Bake in 8 inch pan for 45 minutes at 350
- BUTTER CINNAMON ICING
- Sift together 2 cups icing sugar, ½ tsp. cinnamon, and a few grains of salt.
- Blend in ¼ cup butter and 2 tbls. hot cream.
- Add ½ tsp. vanilla.
Tasty Chocolate Snowballs
Check out Murray’s mother’s recipe for tasty chocolate snowballs!
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 14 Graham wafers
- 1/4 tsp. flavouring
- 2 tsp. soft butter
- 2 tbls. fruit juice
- 1 cup icing sugar
- ½ can cocoanut
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate or 5 level tsp. cocoa.
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar, add salt, chocolate (melted) and egg.
- Stir in flavouring and crumbs. Shape into 1 inch balls. Dip in fruit juice. Roll in coconut.
- Place on tray. Keep refrigerated. Makes 25 balls.
Angel Cake
It's not called Angel Food for no good reason
Ingredients
- 6 eggs separated
- 1-1/2 cups. sugar½ cup water
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp. cream of tartar
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
- Cook sugar and water to soft ball stage. Pour slowly into well beaten egg whites. Continue beating until mixture stands in peaks.
- Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colour. Add white mixtures.
- Sift flour salt cream of tartar and fold into egg mixture. Add vanilla.
- Bake in ungreased tube pan for 1 to 1 and a quarter hours at 250 degrees.
