Recipes from Cooking with Doyle Moore on Focus 580

February 6, 2002:  Let's Bake a Cake

AUNT ANNA’S ORANGE RAISIN CAKE   

from Loretta Moore

Cream the following ingredients together:

• 1 cup of brown sugar

• 2 eggs

• ¾ cup of shortening (Crisco)

• 1 cup of buttermilk

• vanilla

Sift the following ingredients together:

• 2 cups of flour

• 1 tsp. of baking powder

• 1 tsp. of baking soda

• ¼ tsp. of salt

Grind the following ingredients together:

• 2 whole orange peels

• 1 cup raisins

Add 1 cup of chopped nuts to the orange peel and raising.

Save the juice of 1 orange.

Mix the flour mixture into the liquid mixture.  Add ½ of the orange/raisin/nut mixture.

Put into greased, not floured pan and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

When done, pour orange juice over cake while hot.

Icing:

Mix remaining orange/raisin/nut mixture with:

• ½ cup margarine (softened)

• 2 cups powdered sugar

Frost the cake while warm.

POUND CAKE

• 3 Tbsp. milk

• 3 large eggs

• 1½ tsps. vanilla

• 1½ cups sifted cake flour

• ¾ cup sugar

• ¾ tsp. baking powder

• ¼ tsp. salt

• 13 Tbsp. soft unsalted butter

Preheat oven to 350°.  In a bowl combine milk, eggs, and vanilla.  In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  Next add the butter and half of the egg mixture.  Mix at low speed until it’s moist and then increase speed.  Scrape down sides and add the remaining egg mixture.  Pour batter into a prepared pan and smooth surface with a spatula.  Bake for 55 to 65 minutes (only 35 to 45 in fluted tube pan).

BETTY CROCKER 7 MINUTE FROSTING

Combine the following in the top of a double boiler:

• 2 egg whites

• 1½ cups sugar

• ¼ tsp. cream of tartar

• 1/3 cup water

Place over boiling water and beat with a rotary beater until mixture holds its shape.  Then add 1½ tsps. of vanilla.

APPLESAUCE CAKE

• 3 cups unsifted flour

• 1 Tbsp. baking soda

• 1 cup sugar

• 3 eggs (beaten)

• 1 lb. can applesauce

• 1 cup oil

• 2 cups nuts

• 2 cups boiled raisins

Place mixture in well greased 9 x 13 inch pan and bake for 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees.