Old Time Molasses Cake Amish Recipe

Old Time Molasses Cake - Amish Recipe

2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cups molasses
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp soda
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1/2 cup hot water

Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly.
Bake in your cake pan
at 325 to 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes




*Tell me this one isn't easy ...
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WAR CAKE & TOPPING RECIPE - DATES FROM 1916

WAR CAKE & TOPPING RECIPE
DATED 1916

2 c. water
2/3 c. shortening
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt
2 c. brown sugar
1 c. raisins
3 c. self-rising flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. nuts, chopped (pecans are best)
1 c. cornmeal
1 tsp. baking soda

TOPPING (optional)

3/4 c. sugar
1/2 stick oleo (butter)
1/2 c. milk
1 c. coconut



Boil water, brown sugar, shortening and spices for 3 minutes.
Cool to lukewarm.
Stir in dry ingredients, pour into greased and floured 13 x 9 inch pan.
Bake on 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

Cook topping for approximately 2 minutes.
Spread on cake while cake is warm.






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CIVIL WAR RECIPES APPLESAUCE COOKIES & ORANGE CAKE

CIVIL WAR APPLESAUCE COOKIES

2 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/3 c. shortening
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. applesauce
6 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt

Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Add applesauce and mix well.
Add sifted dry ingredients and blend well.
Drop by heaping tablespoon on greased cookie sheets.
Flatten and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

* Note: They Will NOT Brown





CIVIL WAR ORANGE CAKE
(General Ogelthorpe's original recipe)

1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. soda
2 c. sifted flour
1 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. chopped raisins
2 orange peels, ground

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter, sugar and eggs.
Add buttermilk.
Add dry ingredients.
Save juice from 2 oranges.
Spread mixture in 13 x 9 x 2 inch greased pan.
Bake until golden and pulls away from edges.
Mix equal parts of orange juice and sugar.
Pour over hot cake.
Is great served with wassail spiced tea.




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OLD CARAMEL CAKE & CARAMEL FROSTING RECIPE

CARAMEL CAKE & CARAMEL FROSTING RECIPE

2 cups. brown sugar, packed
1/2 c. butter or margarine
2 eggs, beaten
1 c. sour milk
1 tsp. soda
2 1/4 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter and sugar, add beaten eggs,
sift flour, soda, salt.
Add alternately with milk, beat well.
Add vanilla.

Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
glass pans: bake at 350 degrees.


CARAMEL FROSTING

1 c. brown sugar
4 tbsp. cream
1 tsp. butter

"Cook 1 minute, cool.
Then beat until hard or ready to spread.
Double for 2 layer cake."


recipe dated : January 7, 1894



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APPLE CAKE WITH WARM SAUCE & UPSIDE DOWN APPLE CAKE

APPLE CAKE WITH WARM SAUCE

4 C. Diced Apples
2 C. sugar
2 C. flour
2 t. soda
1 C. nuts

Directions
Put apples and sugar in bowl and let stand until sugar is dissolved.
In separate bowl: stir together flour, soda and nuts.
Add to apples.
Pour into greased 9 X 13 pan.
Bake at 350 for 50 min or until done.
Make sauce and pour over warm cake.

SAUCE:
3/4 C. brown sugar
3/4 C. white sugar
3 T. flour
1 1/2 cups water

Cook sugars, flour and water until boiling.
Add 6 T. margarine and 1 1/2 t. vanilla.
Pour over hot cake.

UPSIDE DOWN APPLE CAKE

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp. Margarine or Butter
1/4 Cup packed Light Brown Sugar
2 medium Apples, sliced
2 Cups Bisquick Mix
2 Tbsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
1 Egg
2/3 Cup Milk
Small Tub of Cool Whip

Directions:
Melt margarine in 9-inch cake pan.
Sprinkle with brown sugar.
Arrange apples over brown sugar.
Combine bisquick mix, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, egg and milk in mixer bowl.
Beat for 30 seconds.
Spoon evenly over apples.
Bake at 400 degrees F. for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tests done.

Invert onto serving plate and let cool completely.

Serving Suggestions
Serve with a dollup or two of cool whip.


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