Sunday, March 1, 2015

Sour cream cake


1 cup sour cream ( or often she uses milk that has gone sour)
1 tsp baking soda
Mix 2 above together in a bowl
1/2 cup soft butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup cake flour
1 tsp baking powder

Topping
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp chopped nuts
1 Tbsp cinnamon

bake at 350 F for 45-50 minutes

Photo of Sour Cream Cake baked March 8/15- put into Loaf pans instead of 8 by 8. Tasty

Original Recipe from Binder
Amy's Sour Cream Coffee Cake
1/2 cup soft butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour cream 
1 tsp baking soda
Mix 2 above together in a bowl
1 3/4 cup cake flour
2 tsp baking powder

Topping
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp chopped nuts
1 Tbsp cinnamon

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, beat well. Add vanilla. Add sour cream and baking soda. Mix well. Combine flour and baking powder. Stir into wet mixture. Grease 8 by 8 square pan. Pour in half of batter. Sprinkle with 1/2 of topping. Pour remaining batter. Then top with remaining topping. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes.

Amy's Cole Slaw

1 cabbage shredded
2 carrots shredded
1 onion sliced thinly

3/4 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp salt
1 tsp celery salt

Sprinkle of cayenne pepper to taste

Pound Cake

1 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup fruit (optional)
1/2 cup milk
9by5 loaf pan lined with wax paper
350 F 50-55 minutes
cool 10-15 minutes before removing from pan

Amy's Pie Crust

5 cups flour
1 cup liquid- 1egg + 2 Tbsp lemon juice + fill rest with water
1 pkg Crisco
1 tsp salt

Fudge

by Audrey
3 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups milk or 1 cup milk + 1/2 cup cream
1/4 cup corn syrup
4 Tbsp butter
2 tsp vanilla
Nuts as desired or 2 squares chocolate
Method
cook first 4 ingredients till soft ball stage (20 minutes)
Remove from fire, add butter, do not stir
Leave for 10-15 minutes
when lukewarm add vanilla and beat until it loses its shiny appearance

Lemon Mace cookies

By Audrey?

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp mace (
2 eggs
2/3 cup  salad oil
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp lemon rind (can Omit)
2 tsp lemon juice
bake 400 F for 8 minutes on ungreased pan

mace replacement
http://frugalliving.about.com/od/makeyourowningredients/r/Mace-Substitute.htm
Substitute the mace called for in your recipe with an equal amount of nutmeg. Since mace is the membrane that surrounds nutmeg, the flavor will be similar.

You can also use allspice, cinnamon, ginger or pumpkin pie spice. Replace measure for measure.

Rhubarb custard pie

2 cups chopped rhubarb
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp flour
2 separated eggs
1 tsp melted butter
3 Tbsp sugar - to be added to beaten eggs for Meringue

Pour boiling water over rhubarb and let it stand 5 minutes, pour off
Put rhubarb in pie crust
Mix sugar, flour, egg yolks and butter + 3 Tbsp water together and pour over Rhubarb
do not use top crust
Bake until rhubarb is tender
350 F