824-L«nca»ter Farming, Saturday, November 18, 1995
Cook’s Question
ANSWER —A reader wanted a recipe for sour cream cho
colate cake. Thanks to Bernadean Wimer, Harmony, Shirley
Jane Sipe, York, and others for sending recipes.
Sour Cream
Chocolate Layer Cake
4 egg yolks
3 egg whites
I'A cups sugar
1 cup thick sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch salt
I'h cups flour
2 squares chocolate
Beat egg yolks and sugar until yolks are light colored. Melt
chocolate in part of the sour cream. Cool. Add remaining sour
cream. Sift baking soda, salt, and flour, add alternately to yolk
mixture and chocolate mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff but
not dry. Fold into batter. Bake in 2-layer cake pans at 350
degrees until cake tests done.
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
3 squares unsweetened baking chocolate
'A cup butter
1 cup water
I V* cups unsifted flour
2 cups granulated sugar
V« teaspoon salt
VA teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup dairy sour cream
Melt together chocolate, butter, and water. In a large bowl,
measure and mix together flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda.
To this mixture, add the eggs, vanilla, and melted chocolate
mixture. Beat until well blended. Fold in sour cream. Pour into
well greased 13x9x2-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35
minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
Chocolate Frosting
4 cups confectioners' sugar
% teaspoon salt
'A cup cocoa
'A cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
'h cup milk
Sift confectioner’s sugar if lumpy, combine with salt and
cocoa. Cream butter. Add egg. Add dry ingredients alternate
ly with milk and vanilla. Beat until creamy. Depending on the
size of the egg, you may need all the milk to reach the desired
consistency.
Shirley writes the chocolate icing really adds a crowning
touch to the moist, delicious cake. This is enough frosting for
two cakes. I use half and freeze half.
ANSWER Louise Graybeal, Renick, W.V. wanted a
recipe to make homemade condensed milk that uses dry milk.
Thanks to a Newmanstown reader for sending a recipe that
she said is wonderful.
Sweetened Condensed Milk
'A cup boiling water
3 tablespoons butter
'A cup sugar
I'A cup dry powdered milk
Measure boiling water into blender. Add butter, sugar, and
milk. Blend briefly. Scrape sides and blend 30 seconds. Pour
out and let stand until thick and cool. This is equivalent to a
14-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk.
ANSWER Cindy Stoodley, Shickshinny, wanted a
recipe for homemade lobster bisque. Thanks to Nancy Saud
er, Lititz, for sending a recipe.
Lobster Bisque
'A pound lobster meat, cooked
'A cup dry sherry
'A cup butter
4 tablespoons flour
3 cups half and half (or milk)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Dash salt and white pepper
Soak lobster meat in sherry for 30 minutes. Melt butter in
saucepan. Add flour and cook about one minute until blended.
Whisk in the half and half. Continue cooking until thick
ened. Season with salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce.
Add lobster meat and sherry. Cover and heat over low heat
about 10 minutes. Do not let boll.
ANSWER Doris Stump, Denver, wanted a recipe for
coconut cake like that served at Country Table Restaurant in
Mount Joy. Thanks to a Manheim reader for the following
recipe.
Fresh Coconut Cake
2 9-inch baked yellow layer cakes (still warm)
1 package fresh frozen coconut, thawed
’/< cup warm milk
'A teaspoon coconut flavoring
3 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar
Your favorite buttercream frosting
Mix together milk, confectioners’ sugar, and coconut fla
voring. Drizzle over warm cake. Chill thoroughly. Frost bottom
layer. Pat coconut orvtop. Top with remaining layer. Frost top
and sides. Pat remaining coconut on frosting. Chill.
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