Celebrate It’s March and, hopefully, the beginning of the end to winter. Why not forget your diet, just for this week, and celebrate spring with a scrumptious, new cake recipe? The recipes we received from our readers sound great. Try them! CARROTCAKE 2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cup Wesson Oil 4 eggs Mix above ingredients together. Sift and add the following ingredients to above mixture. 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Then add: 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 3 cups grated carrots Bake m oblong pan at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes and top with cream cheese frosting, as follows: Mix: 1 (8-oz.) package cream cheese 1/2 cup margarine 1 teaspoon vanilla enough 10X sugar to make it right to spread The next three recipes come from Betty Biehl, Mertztown. CRUMB CAKE 1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup shortening 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk dash of cinnamon melted butter Sift together sugar, salt, flour and baking powder. Add shor tening and crumb well with a fork. Take out 1/2 cup of crumbs and to the remaining crumbs add eggs and milk. Mix well. Pour into a well-greased BXBX2-inch pan. Sprinkle the top with the reserved crumbs and top with cinnamon and a little melted butter. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. NUTCAKE 1/3 cup shortening 1/3 cup butter 12/3 cups sugar 3 eggs 2 3/4 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder little salt 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 11/3 cup walnuts, cut up Mix all ingredients together. Fold in the walnuts last. Pour batter into 2 nine-inch layer cake pans that are well greased. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Spread with following frosting: Recipe Topics March 10 Chicken Delights j?l3*l®s? 13 * 1 ® 5 W| th a touch of green celebrate St Patty’s Day! 24 Cooking with Rice Bone On The Range March e Cake with Mocha Frosting 11/2 cups confectioners sugar 1 large egg 1/3 cup strong brewed coffee 3/4 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons cocoa 11/2 tablespoon butter Mix all of above ingredients and spread on cake. QUICK COFFEE CAKE 2 cups flour 21/2 teaspoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons sugar Mix together and add: 5 tablespoons butter Work mixture like pie dough and then add; legg 1/3 cup milk Beat together and then top with 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until done and top with following: Topping 4 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon flour 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Mix and put on top of cake. R. Riehl Gordonville CHOCOLATE CAKE 2 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup oil 1 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon salt Beat until smooth and sift: 3 cups flour 1/2 cup cocoa 2 teaspoons baking soda Add to mixture, plus one cup of boiling water. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Use a 9X13 pan. Vera M. Scott Cortland Rl, New York 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder pinch of salt Beat eggs until thick. Add sugar and beat well. Add milk, vanilla and dry ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes in a greased jelly roll pan, 13X15. While hot spread one cup of peanut butter over cake and let cool. Spread a melted 8 oz. chocolate bar over peanut butter. Cut in squares. SOUR CREAM SPICE CAKE 1/4 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar legg TASTY CAKES Lisa Jackson Felton R 3 \ £-v Treat your sweet tooth to one of this week's recipes. Whether you prefer spice, chocolate, fruit or coffee cakes, you won't be disappointed there is a recipe that features each of these. 3/4 cup thick sour cream 13/4 cups sifted cake flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoons cinnamon Cream shortening. Add sugar gradually. Add egg and beat well. Add sour cream. Sift flour with baking soda, baking powder, salt, cloves and cinnamon. Add two tablespoons of the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Beat thoroughly. Add dry ingredients to the first mixture, beating well. Pour into a well greased and floured pan 8X12X2 inches. Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Kimberly Wingert State College TOMATO SOUP CAKE 2 cups sifted cake flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon or mace 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup seedless raisins 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 well beaten eggs 1 can (1 1/4 cups) condensed tomato soup Sift together flour, baking powder, soda and spices. Wash and cut raisins. Roll in a small amount of the flour mixture. Cream shortening; add sugar gradually; then eggs, mixing thoroughly. Add flour mixture alternately with soup; stir until smooth. Fold in raisins. Pour into two greased and floured 8-mch layer pans. Bake in 375 degree oven for 35 minutes or until done. BANANA UPSIDE DOWN CAKE 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 3 medium bananas, cut in quarters 1/2 cup raisins walnut halves 1/4 cup shortening 2/3 cup sugar & ;* \ > * -':».* -* k 1 teaspoon vanilla 11/2 cups sifted cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup milk Melt butter. Add brown sugar, and stir until well blended. Pat into the bottom of a square 8-inch baking pan. Arrange bananas, raisins and nuts over this and pat down gently. Cream shortening. Featured Recipes This week's featured recipe is a special one, not only because Fasnacht Day is Tuesday, but also because this recipe has been personally taste-tested by this home editor. Years ago, long before I learned to worry about calories, I would sit in a friend’s kitchen munching on fasnacht after fashnacht, each oi them coated with a healthy helping of molasses. The baker of those delicious treats was Stanley Haverstick, who has graciously agreed to share his recipe with us. Enjoy it as much as I did! Fasnachts 3 medium potatoes 2 cups flour 1 yeast cake 2 cups flour 2 cups lukewarm milk 4 beaten eggs 1/2 cup melted butter 1 cup sugar Boil potatoes in enough water to cover. When soft remove potatoes and mash. With potato water scald two cups of flour, add mashed potatoes. When cool, add yeast cake dissolved in a little lukewarm water. Later, mix 2 cups of flour with milk, making a batter that will drop easily from a spoon, add first mixture and let rise overnight. In the morning, add eggs, butter and sugar. Knead stiff enough to roll and let rises until dough has doubled in size. •A Add sugar gradually and cream thoroughly. Add eggs and beat well. Add vanilla. Mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to creamed mixture, stirring and blending after each addition. Beat slightly to make smooth. Pout batter carefully over bananas. Bake in 350-degree oven until done, about 55 minutes. Turn out upside down. Koll, cut out and let rise again. When light, fry in hot fat. Makes about 10 dozen. If 10 dozen sounds like more than your family can use, the Haverstick family also volunteered this recipe, which makes only three dozen. Fasnachts 11/4 cup milk 1/4 cup shortening 1 teaspoon salt 1 small yeast cake 3 eggs, beaten 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 41/2 to 5 cups sifted flour Scald the milk, add shor tening and salt. Cool milk until it is lukewarm, then add crumbled yeast cake and stir. Gradually add 2 2/3 cups sifted flour, heating batter thoroughly. Put in a warm place and allow to stand until filled with bubbles. Mix sugar and nutmeg and combine with beaten eggs. Stir into first mixture and add remaining flour. Knead well, cover and let rise in a warm place for about one hour. Turn out lightly on floured board and roll 3/4 inch thick. Cut with doughnut cutter. Cover with a thin cloth and let rise on board until top is springy to touch of finger. Drop into 365- degree fat with the raised side down so the top side will rise, while underside cools. Drain on paper towels. - v? * , * %
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