White Texas Sheet Cake

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1 C butter
1 C water
2 C flour
2 C sugar
2 eggs beaten
1/2 C sour cream
1 t. almond extract
1 t. salt
1 t. baking soda

In a large heavy saucepan, bring butter and water to a boil.

Remove from the heat and stir in flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, salt and baking soda until smooth.

Pour into a greased cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 for 20-22 minutes or until cake is golden brown.

Cool for 20 minutes.


Frosting:

1/2 C butter
1/4 C milk
4 1/2 C confectioners sugar
1/2 t. almond extract
1 C chopped walnuts

Combine butter and milk in a saucepan.

Bring to a boil.

Remove from heat.

Add sugar and extract and mix well.

Stir in walnuts and spread over cake.

Easy Angel Food Cake

Recipe and photo from allrecipes.com

1 cup cake flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar
12 egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon salt

1.Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F . Be sure that your 10 inch tube pan is clean and dry. Any amount of oil or residue could deflate the egg whites. Sift together the flour, and 3/4 cup of the sugar, set aside.

2.In a large bowl, whip the egg whites along with the vanilla, cream of tartar and salt, to medium stiff peaks. Gradually add the remaining sugar while continuing to whip to stiff peaks. When the egg white mixture has reached its maximum volume, fold in the sifted ingredients gradually, one third at a time. Do not over mix. Put the batter into the tube pan.

3.Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake springs back when touched. Balance the tube pan upside down on the top of a bottle, to prevent decompression while cooling. When cool, run a knife around the edge of the pan and invert onto a plate.

Zenobia Sutherland Harper's Devils Food Cake

Grate two squares of chocolate (or use 4 tablespoons cocoa) into a mixing bowl. Add 1/2 cup boiling water and 1 level teaspoon soda. When chocolate is dissolved, add 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup butter and 3 eggs adding them one at a time beating thoroughly. Add 1/2 sour milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 cups flour sifted five times, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 1/3 teaspoons nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon cloves. Beat thoroughly and bake in 350 oven. If covered with the following caramel, it will keep nicely for a week.

Caramel: Boil one cup of sugar, one cup rich cream, 1/2 cube butter and tiny pinch of soda until soft ball stage. Beat until creamy.


(This is a hundred plus year old recipe)

Orange Poppy Seed Cake

2 tablespoons poppy seeds

1/4 cup milk

3 cups cake flour

2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 and 1/4 cups (or 2 and a half sticks) UN-salted butter at room temperature

1 3/4 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest

2 teaspoons vanilla

3/4 cups orange juice

Soak poppy seeds in milk in bowl for two hours.

Preheat over to 350 and generously grease and flour bundt cake pan.

Stir together flour, baking powder and salt in medium size bowl.

Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition. Beat in orange zest, vanilla and poppy seed mixture. Beat in flour mixture and orange juice alternately in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Scrap batter into prepared pan.

Bake in 350 oven for 40 - 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Invert cake onto rack and cool completely.

Place sheet of waxed paper under cake rack. Pour orange glaze over cake allowing glaze to drip down sides. Let set.

Orange Glaze: Combine one cup powdered sugar and one teaspoon finely grated orange zest into small bowl. Whisk in 3-4 tablespoons orange juice to make a good glazing consistency.

Poppy Seed Cake (Sunda)

 From Sunda


1 box yellow cake mix

1 and 1/2 small package vanilla instant pudding

1 2 ounce can of poppy seeds

4 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1 cup water

Mix together.

Put in Bundt cake pan and bake 350  for 35 minutes.

Or whatever kind of a cake baking dish you want.

Mother's Texas Sheet Cake

Sift together 2 cups flour and 2 cups sugar.

In heavy saucepan, bring to a boil:

1 stick butter
1 cup water
4 tablespoons cocoa.

Stir that into the flour mixture while still hot. Or the dry ingredients into the pan.

Add:

1/2 cup butter milk (or vinegar milk which is 1 teaspoon vinegar to 1/2 cup milk)
2 eggs
2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla.

Beat well. Pour into lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes.

FROSTING

Bring to boil:

1 stick butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk

Add 1 pound powdered sugar and beat in 1 tsp vanilla and nuts.

Spread on cake while still hot. (The icing...not the cake) If you're allergic to nuts, consider them optional.