Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Nut Layer Cake





Nut Layer Cake
Ingredients
2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
Dash mace
⅔ cup shortening
1 ⅓ cups sugar
3 eggs
⅔ cup milk
⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon almond extract
½ cup chopped walnuts, pecans or pistachio nuts 

Method 

1.                  Preheat the oven to 350°.
2.                  Grease well and flour two 8 x 1 ½ inch layer-cake pans or 1 loaf pan.
3.                  Sift flour with baking powder, salt and mace.  Set aside.
4.                  In large bowl of electric mixer, at medium speed, beat shortening until creamy.
5.                  Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
6.                  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition; then beat until very light and fluffy.
7.                  At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths), alternately with milk (in thirds), beginning and ending with flour mixture.  Mix only until smooth.
8.                  Stir in extracts and nuts.
9.                  Pour batter into prepared pans; bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertip.
10.              Cool in pans 10 minutes.
11.              Remove from pans; cool on wire racks.
12.              Fill and frost as desired.  (optional) 

Cake was made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Plain Cake - Marbled




Plain Cake (Marbled)
Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine
1 ½ cups sugar
6 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract  

Method
1.                  Preheat the oven to 300°.
2.                  Grease and flour loaf pan or layer pans.
3.                  Cream butter until light and fluffy.
4.                  Gradually add sugar, beating well until fluffy.
5.                  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
6.                  Add vanilla and lemon.
7.                  Blend or fold in sifted dry ingredients gradually.
8.                  Remove a half of the batter and separate into two individual bowls (quarter each) colour each appropriately with food colouring.
9.                  Pour the main batter and colour batter into prepared pan. Take a spatula and glide it through the batter.
10.              Bake in a 300° oven for approximately 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
11.              Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
12.              Remove from pan.
13.              Let cool completely on a wire rack.
14.              Optional – Icing, frost, garnish etc. to your choice or likings. 

Cake was made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman 

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman 


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Plain Cake




Plain Cake
Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine
1 ½ cups sugar
6 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract  

Method

1.                  Preheat the oven to 300°.
2.                  Grease and flour loaf pan or layer pans.
3.                  Cream butter until light and fluffy.
4.                  Gradually add sugar, beating well until fluffy.
5.                  Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
6.                  Add vanilla and lemon.
7.                  Blend or fold in sifted dry ingredients gradually.
8.                  Pour batter into prepared pan.
9.                  Bake in a 300° oven for approximately 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
10.              Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
11.              Remove from pan.
12.              Let cool completely on a wire rack.
13.              Optional – Icing, frost, garnish etc. to your choice or likings. 

Cake was made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman 

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Vanilla-Nut Icebox Cookies





Vanilla-Nut Icebox Cookies

Ingredients
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
⅔ cup soft butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup finely chopped walnuts, pecans, or unsalted peanuts 

Method
1.                  On sheet of waxed paper, sift flour with baking powder and salt; set aside.  In large bowl, with wooden spoon, or portable electric mixer at medium speed, beat butter until light.  Gradually beat in sugar.  Add egg and vanilla; continue beating until very light and fluffy.

2.                  At low speed, beat in half the flour mixture; mix in rest, with hands, to form a stiff dough.  Add chopped nuts, mixing to combine well.

3.                  Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface.  Divide in half.  With hands, shape each half into a roll 7 inches long.  Wrap each roll in saran or foil.  Refrigerate until firm – about 8 hours, or overnight – before slicing and baking.  (Rolls of cookie dough may be stored in refrigerator as long as 10 days.  Slice and freshly bake as many as desired.)

4.                  Preheat oven to 375°F.  With sharp knife, cut as many ⅛ inch slices as desired for baking at one time.  Rewrap rest of roll; refrigerate.  Place slices, 2 inches apart, on ungreased cookie sheets.  Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned.  With spatula, lift cookies from cookie sheets to wire rack.  Let cool completely. Makes about 9 dozen in all. 

Cookies were made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Recipe was taken from McCall CookBook, the chapter on “Refrigerator Cookies”, page 180 an edition of between 1950 – 1960s.  

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