B6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1981 Bone On The Range i| Cakes promote the holiday spirit Christmas is the perfect tune to bake a cake and give it to a friend or a needy family. Cakes are perfect gifts that show love because they take tune and effort to create, and y6t they are relatively inexpensive to make. Most cooks enjoy trying new cake recipes because few people do not enjoy eating cake. Therefore, a hostess seldom goes wrong when serving it for dessert. Featured at right is the Easy Hobday Fruited Coffee Cake. This cake calls for plenty of ingredients, yet is considered by most to be easy to make. Thus the name. Try it and other cake recipes listed below. EASY HOLIDAY FRUITED COFFEE CAKE 1/3 c. milk 1/2 c. sugar 11. salt 1/2 c. margarine 1/2 c. warm water 2 pkg. dry yeast 2 eggs, beaten 31/2 to 4 c. unsifted flour 1 c. chopped walnuts Ic. candied fruit 1/2 c. snipped pitted dates 1/2 c. quartered candied cherries 11. ground cinnamon It. ground ginger 11. grated orange peel 1/21. ground nutmeg powdered sugar glaze Scald milk, stir in sugar, salt and margarine. Cool to lukewarm. Measure warm water into large warm bowl. Sprinkle in active dry yeast; stir until dissolved. Stir in lukewarm milk mixture, eggs and 2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir m enough additional flour to make Cook's Question QUESTION I would appreciate any kind of recipes that take coconut oil with parafin. ANSWER Mrs. Ervin Fassett, who earlierhad requested recipes for coconut macaroons, can now find a recipe at the end of the Home on the Range section. Other answers came from Mrs. William Livingston and Mrs. R. Boyd, December Cakes promote friendship Cookies for Christmas Popcorn favorites Beverages for the holidays 12 19 26 January Making vegetables exciting Easy chicken dinners a stiff batter. Cover bowl; let rise in warm place, free from draft, until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours. Meanwhile, thoroughly combine walnuts, candied fruits and peels, dates, cherries, cinnamon, ginger, orange peel and nutmeg. Stir batter down. Mix in nut and fruit mixture. Spoon evenly into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan. Cover; let rise until slightly more than doubled m bulk, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees about 30 minutes, or until done. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack. Frost with powdered sugar glaze when cooled. CARROTCAKE 3 c. grated carrots 4 eggs 11/4 c honey 11/4 c. oil 2 c. whole wheat flour 1 c. unbleached white flour 21. baking powder 11. salt 2t. baking soda 21. cinnamon 1 c. raisins 1 c. chopped walnuts Sift dry ingredients. Combine carrots, eggs and honey. Add oil, and dry ingredients, stirring until moist and well-mixed. Stir in raisins and nuts. Pour into greased floured pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Cool one hour before frosting. 7 ♦ 1 *T 5 t 7 ? ' J* f Mrs. R. Zimmerman, Lebanon Recipe Topics Christmas time wouldn’t be - same temporary way tut kneading. . without special homebaked treats such as this recipe allows you to save time and energy for classic Holiday Fruited Coffee Cake. But this other activities during the holidays, old-fashioned yeast bread is made the con- 2 c. sugar 2 c. pumpkin 11/2 c. vegetable oil 4 eggs 2 c. flour 11. salt 21. soda 2t. baking powder 21. cinnamon 1/2 c. nuts 11/2 c. coconut Sift the flour, salt, soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. Then put everything m the mixing bowl in order given. Mix well. Put in a greased 13x9x2 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Mr*. Wes Stauffer Ephrata CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE 1/2 c. butter 1 c. com syrup 2 eggs 1/2 c. milk 4 oz. chocolate chips 11. vanilla 21. grated orange rind 21/2 c. flour 1/21. salt 21/21. baking powder Cream shortening and add corn syrup. Blend eggs. Beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk and flavoring. Beat well. Fold m chips. Pour into greased layer pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Barbara Rut sell, Pine Bush WHITE AS SNOW CAKE 21/2 c. sifted cake flour 41/21. baking powder 11/2 c. sugar 11. salt Ic. milk 1/2 c. shortening 4 egg whites It. vanilla Sift all dry ingredients into mixing bowl. Add shortening, soft, but not melted and 2/3 of the milk. Beat until batter is well blended and glossy, 150 strokes by hand. Add remaining milk, egg whites, and flavoring. Beat until smooth. PUMPKIN CAKE F. Martin, Lititz about 150 strokes. Pour into two greased and floured layer cake pans or one 9x9 inch square cake pan. Nuts may be added. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until finished. Laura Risder, Stevens CHOCOLATE CAKE 2 eggs, beaten 2 c. sugar Ic. black coffee Ic.milk 1/2 c. oil 21. baking soda 11. baking powder 1/21. salt ft. vanilla 2 c. all-purpose flour 3/4 c. cocoa Beat eggs and sugar until smooth. Add oil, coffee and milk, then add flour, baking powder and soda, salt, cocoa and vanilla. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35 minutes. Mrs. Luke Wise, Lebanon DATE CAKE 2 c. sugar 1 c. oleo or butter 2 eggs 2t. vanilla 3 c. sifted cake flour IT. baking soda 2 c. boiling water 2 c. chopped dates 2 c. chopped nuts Pour boiling water over dates and stir in baking soda. Set aside. Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs. Beat well. Add flour alter nately with date mixture. Add nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Use an angel cake pan or Bundt cake pan to bake it in. Mrs. Robert Moore, Hopewell, N. J. VERY MOIST FUDGE CAKE 1/3 c. shortening 1 c. sugar 1/21. vanilla 2 sq. unsweetened chocolate OR 6 T. cocoa and 2 T. fat I egg Sift together: 11/4 c. flour 1/21. soda 1/21. salt 3/4 c. water 1/2 c. semisweet choc, chips Cream sugar and shortening till light and fluffy. Blend in vanilla and cooled chocolate. Add egg and beat well. Add dry ingredients alternately to cream mixture with 3/4 c. water beating after each addition. Spread in baking dish. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool m pan. Nancy Lort, Delta APPLE CAKE lc. white sugar 1 c. brown sugar 2 eggs 1 c. shortening lc. cold water 21. salt 21. soda 21. vanilla 3 c. flour 4 c. finely chopped apples Shred apples, sprinkle with a little sugar. Let stand. Mix others and fold in apples. Sprinkle 1 T. brown sugar and cinnamon on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes. Tastes great with whipped cream or ice cream. J. Sarver, MiUerstown BALTIMORE PEACH CAKE legg Ic. sugar Ic.nulk IT. butter 11/21. baking powder 21/2 c. flour Mix first 5 items together. Beat well. Add silted flour. Beat. Divide batter into two 9x9 cake pans. Slice peaches and place over the batter close together. Then sprinkle all cinnamon and add 10-15 smalPpieces of butter over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Wilmale Thomas, Carlisle (Turn to Pace B 7)
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