Monday, April 14, 2014

McCall’s Best White Cupcakes – Coconut-Jelly Cupcakes










McCall’s Best White Cupcakes – Coconut-Jelly Cupcakes

Makes 12

Ingredients

¼ cup egg whites (about 2)
1¼ cup sifted cake flour
¾ cup sugar
1½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or ½ teaspoon almond extract
½ cup milk

Method

1.                  In small bowl, let egg whites warm to room temperature – about 1 hour.
2.                  Preheat oven to 375F.  Grease and flour bottoms of 12 (2 ½ inch) cupcake cups; or place paper liners in cupcake cups.
3.                  Into large bowl of electric mixer, sift flour with sugar, baking powder, and salt.
4.                  Add shortening, vanilla, and milk.
5.                  At low speed, beat 30 seconds, scraping side of bowl with rubber scraper.
6.                  At medium speed, beat 2 minutes.  Add unbeaten egg whites; continue beating 1 minute longer.
7.                  Spoon batter evenly into prepared cupcake cups, filling half full.
8.                  Bake about 20 minutes, or until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertip.
9.                   Remove to wire rack, cool completely.  Frost as desired.

McCall’s Best White Cupcakes Coconut Jelly Cupcakes were made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman

Recipe was taken from McCall CookBook, the chapter on “Cupcakes and Other Finger Cakes”, page 140 an edition of between 1950 – 1960s. 




Coconut-Jelly Cupcakes

Remove paper liners. Spread tops and sides of cupcakes with tart red jelly.  Sprinkle with flaked coconut.

Recipe was taken from McCall CookBook, the chapter on “Cake Frostings And Fillings” “Glazes”, page 131 an edition of between 1950 – 1960s




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Old Fashioned Jelly Roll Cake












Old Fashioned Jelly Roll Cake

Makes 8 To 10 Servings

Ingredients

4 eggs
¾ cup sifted all-purpose or cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 tablespoons grated orange peel
Confectioners’ sugar
1 cup currant jelly or strawberry or raspberry jam

Method

1.                  In large bowl of electric mixer, let eggs warm to room temperature – about 1 hour.
2.                  Preheat oven to 400F.  Lightly grease bottom of a 15½ -by-10½ -by-1-inch jelly roll pan; then line with waxed paper.
3.                  Sift flour, baking powder, salt; set aside.
4.                  At high speed beat eggs until thick and lemon-colored.  Gradually beat in sugar. 2 tablespoons at a time; continue beating until very thick and light – about 5 minutes.
5.                  At low speed, blend in sifted dry ingredients and vanilla just until combined.
6.                  Turn into prepared pan; spread evenly.  Bake 10 to 13 minutes, or until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertips.
7.                  Meanwhile, onto clean towel, sift confectioners’ sugar in a 15 by 10 inch rectangle.
8.                  With sharp knife, loosen sides of cake from pan.  Turn out cake onto sugar; gently peel off waxed paper.  Turn off crisp edges of cake.
9.                  Starting with long edge, roll cake in towel; place, seam side down, on wire rack until cool.
10.              Gently unroll cake; remove bowl.  Spread cake with jelly (beaten with fork to spreading consistency), or fill with one Jell-Roll Fillings.  Reroll.
11.              Place, seam side down, on serving plate; cover loosely with foil.  Chill at least 1 hour.
12.              To serve, lightly sift confectioner’s sugar over top.  Slice on diagonal with serrated knife.

Spicecake Roll; Make Old Fashioned Jelly Roll, above sifting ½ teaspoon cloves, ½ teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 teaspoon ginger with dry ingredients.  Proceed as above.

Old Fashioned Jelly Roll Cake was made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman

Recipe was taken from McCall CookBook, the chapter on Desserts And Dessert Sauces “Rolled-Up Cakes”, page 241 an edition of between 1950 – 1960s. 










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