ORANGE CAKE WITH LARD AND FLUFFY ORANGE FROSTING

This recipe is from an article in an old farmer's magazine when I was a kid. It was in an article about making wonderful cakes with lard.

2 eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup lard
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup orange juice (fresh or reconstituted frozen)
1/4 tsp almond extract

Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually beat in the 1/2 cup sugar. Continue beating until stiff and glossy.

In another bowl, stir lard to soften. Add the sifted dry ingredients and the milk. Beat 1 minute at medium speed on electric mixer or 150 vigorous strokes by hand. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl. Add the juice, egg yolks, and the almond extract; beat 1 more minute, scraping bowl constantly. Fold in the egg white mixture.

Divide the batter evenly between two greased and floured 9-inch cake pans or one 9 x 13-inch cake pan. Bake in a moderate (350) oven for 25 to 30 minutes for the round cakes or 30 to 35 minutes for the 9 x 13-inch pan. Remove from oven and cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely. Frost with the Fluffy Orange Frosting recipe below.

2 egg whites
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1/4 cup water
dash of salt

In the top of a double boiler, combine the egg whites, sugar, orange juice concentrate, water, and salt. Beat 1 minute with an electric mixer or rotary beater. Place pan over the bottom pan with its boiling water and beat constantly 7 to 8 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Remove from the heat and beat until of spreading consistency. Frost the orange cake above or use on another favorite cake.

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COFFEE ANGEL FOOD CAKE AND BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

This recipe is from the 1960s when it was a favorite in the South.

1 1/2 cups sifted sugar, divided
1 cup sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups egg whites
1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp instant coffee powder or granules

Sifting is important to this recipe and directions should be followed for best results. Combine 1/2 cup of the sugar with the cake flour and sift together 4 times.

Add the salt to the egg whites in a clean and cool mixing bowl; beat until foamy. Sprinkle the cream of tartar into the egg whites and continue beating until soft peaks form. Add the remaining cup of sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat until stiff peaks form.

Fold in the vanilla and coffee. Fold in the flour mixture, a half cup at a time, beating well after each addition.

Pour the batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and invert pan over a wire rack.

Ice the above cake with this icing:

Coffee Butter Cream Icing
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 to 4 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp instant coffee
slivered toasted almonds for garnish, if desired

Cream the butter and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Sift the sugar into the creamed mixture, a little at a time, beating well after each time. Add enough milk to make the icing of a good spreading consistency (icing that is too stiff is hard to spread on angel food cake) and mix well. Add the vanilla and coffee and beat until light and fluffy. Spread over the cooled cake. Sprinkle with the almonds, if desired.

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Homemade Chocolate Frosting

Yummy recipe I've had for many years. 

 8 tbsp butter, softened 

3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 

1 tsp vanilla 

1/4 tsp salt 

2 cups powdered sugar 

1/4 cup milk

Put softened butter into a mixing bowl and add the cocoa powder. Stir the mixture until it is well combined. Add the vanilla and salt and mix in well. Stir in the powdered sugar alternately with the milk. Stir until the frosting is of a creamy consistency. To thin icing add more milk, a drop at a time. To make a thicker icing add another 1 to 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.

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BANANA NUT FROSTING

1/2 cup mashed bananas

1 tsp lemon juice
1/3 cup butter or oleo
1 lb box powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 cup coconut, toasted
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Combine the bananas and lemon juice; set aside. Beat butter or oleo until creamy; add the powdered sugar, bananas and milk, beating until fluffy. Add additional milk if necessary. Stir in coconut and pecans. Add a drop of liquid yellow food coloring, if desired. Use to frost your favorite white, yellow, or banana cake.

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GRANDMA HAWKINS' CHOCOLATE CAKE AND ICING

1 1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

1/2 cup butter

1 teasp soda rounded

1/2 cup sour milk

2 eggs

1/2 cup hot water

2 cups flour

2 teasp vanilla

Put soda into the sour milk.

Combine dry ingredients into mixing bowl. Add butter (or shortening), 2/3 of the liquid and flavoring. Mix 2 minutes slowly. Use spatula and add rest of liquid and eggs. Mix 2 minutes.

Bake 325 degrees 30 minutes. I remember Grandma made this in a 9x13 pan.

ICING

3 tbs cocoa

3 tbs milk (maybe tsp)

1/2 stick butter

Bring to a boil then add 1/2 box powder sugar, vanilla & nuts. Put on top of cake when removed from the oven!

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HERSHEY'S SYRUP ICINGS

 

 

MAGIC CHOCOLATE FROSTING

I found it interesting that this recipe posted in 1935 warns that evaporated milk won't work in this recipe. All these years later we still have to remind people you cannot sub evaporated milk for sweetened condensed milk.

MAPLE NUT TRIANGLES

This old recipe that I found in my late mother's kitchen is from the early 50s. There is a note with it that says it was the grand prize winner in the 5th Pillsbury Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest. I am assuming that is the earlier version of the Pillsbury Annual Bake-Off Recipe Contest. The note also says this recipe was submitted by a Mrs. Lee in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Cream together.....1 cup butter, 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1 tsp maple flavoring, and 1/2 tsp salt. Cream well.

Add gradually......2 cups sifted Pillsbury (of course) all-purpose flour and 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts. Mix thoroughly and chill dough for a few minutes for easy rolling.

Divide dough into three equal parts

Roll out..........1 part at a time on a floured surface. Roll into a large rectangle 12 x 9-inches in size. Cut rectangle into twelve 3x3-inch squares. Cut each square in half, diagonally, to make two triangles. Place on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake..............in moderate 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet 1 minute. Cool thoroughly on wire rack. Frost with chocolate frosting (recipe follows). Garnish with 1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING:

Melt a 1-ounce square of chocolate in top of a double boiler over boiling water. Add 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk. Continue to cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until thick. Add 1 teaspoon cold water, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring. Continue cooking and stirring until of spreading consistency.

PINEAPPLE SHEET CAKE AND FROSTING

 

2 1/2 cups flour

2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
1 #2 can crushed pineapple, undrained
1/2 cup nuts

Frosting:
8 oz pkg cream cheese
1/2 stick oleo
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla

For cake, mix well and pour into large cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. For frosting, mix well. Spread on cake while still hot. Sprinkle some nuts on top.

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ORNAMENTAL FROSTING FOR COOKIES

Please note this is not a vintage or even old fashion recipe.  I only put it here because it works so well to decorate sugar cookies, that I thought some of you might want to use it with the old cookie recipes.

1 lb powdered sugar
3 tsp meringue powder
1/3 cup warm water
assorted food colorings (paste colors work the best)
In a mixing bowl with the mixer at medium speed, beat the powdered sugar, meringue powder and water until blended and the mixture is so stiff that a butter knife drawn through it will leave clean-cut path.  This will take about 5 minutes.

If you wish to use different colors, separate out into separate bowls and mix in colors to desired shades.

If needed, you may add drops of warm water to make a smooth spreading consistency.

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NUTMEG BELL COOKIES WITH ORNAMENTAL FROSTING

This is a recipe I got over twenty years ago from a Good Housekeeping magazine.  The recipe was from a Good Housekeeping employee whose great-aunt had made them when the employee was a child.  In the article she talked about how she in turn had enjoyed making them for her children.  She also said she sometimes used them to hang on the Christmas tree.  To hang them, she would use a drinking straw to make a hole in the top of each cookie before baking.  After the frosting had dried, she would run fishing line through the holes.

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter (2 sticks), softened (no substitutions)
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
4  tsp. baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Ornamental Frosting (recipe follows)

1. In a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat sugar and butter until creamy, about 2 minutes.  Reduce speed to low; beat in eggs and vanilla until blended.  Gradually beat in flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg until well blended, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
2. Divide dough in thirds; flatten each into a disk.  Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or until dough is firm enough to roll. (Or freeze for 30 minutes.)
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  On lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough 1/8-inch thick.  With a floured 3 1/2-inch bell-shaped cookie cutter, cut dough into as many cookies as possible; wrap and refrigerate trimmings.  Place cookies, 1-inch apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet/sheets.
4. Bake cookies 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.  Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.  Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings until all dough is used.
5. When cookies are cool, prepare the Ornamental Frosting, if you like, to decorate cookies.  Set cookies aside for the frosting to completely dry, about an hour.  Store cookies in tightly covered container (with waxed paper between the layers if decorated) at room temperature for up to 2 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.

Yield: 5 to 6 dozen cookies

This is the picture I took from the old magazine as a guide to the recipe.

ORNAMENTAL FROSTING:
1 package (16 ounces) confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons meringue powder
1/3 cup warm water
assorted food coloring, optional

1. In a bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat confectioners' sugar, meringue powder, and water until blended and mixture is so stiff that knife drawn through it leaves a clean-cut path, about 5 minutes.
2. If you like, tint frosting with food colorings as desired; keep covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying out.  With a small metal spatula, artists' paintbrushes, or decorating bags with small writing tips, decorate cookies with frosting.  (You may need to thin frosting with a little warm water to obtain the right spreading or piping consistency.)

BROWN SUGAR FLUFF FROSTING

I have had this recipe for so many years I have no idea where I got it!

2 egg whites
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/3 cup cold water
dash of salt
1 tsp vanilla

In the top of a double boiler combine the egg whites, both sugars, cream of tartar, cold water, and salt; beat for 1 minute.  Cook the mixture over boiling water, beating constantly until the mixture forms stiff peaks - about 7 minutes.  Remove from the heat (remove top of double boiler from the boiling water - don't just set the pan off the stove).  Add the vanilla and beat until the frosting is of sp

Will frost and fill your favorite 2-layer cake.

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OLD FASHION PUMPKIN SQUARES AND FROSTING

4 eggs

1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
1 can (16-oz) pumpkin
2 cups flour
2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease jelly roll pan.

Beat eggs, oil, sugar, and pumpkin together.  Mix in the flour, cinnamon, salt, soda, and baking powder.  Add the nuts.  Pour into the prepared pan and bake until brown, 25 to 30 minutes.  Cool and frost.

FROSTING:
Combine a 3-oz package cream cheese, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons softened butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla.  Mix well.  Gradually beat in 2 cups powdered sugar until smooth.

FRESH STRAWBERRY FROSTING

This is an old recipe from Huntsville, Alabama.

2 tbsp solid shortening

1 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp salt
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup crushed strawberries
1 tsp lemon juice

Blend the shortening, butter, and salt together in a medium mixing bowl. Beat in one cup of the confectioners' sugar. Stir the lemon juice into the crushed strawberries. Add the strawberries and lemon mixture alternately with the remaining confectioners' sugar to the original mixture, stirring to blend well.

Yield: Enough to frost your favorite two-layer cake.

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NEVER, NEVER FAIL FROSTING

This recipe, to the best of my knowledge, is from an old Midwestern church.

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 squares chocolate

Mix in saucepan; stir over low heat until butter and chocolate are melted. Boil one minute or until a candy thermometer reads 220 degrees. Remove from heat, add vanilla and beat until thick.

Note: For a delicious white frosting, omit the chocolate and make exactly like the above.

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OLD FASHION SEVEN MINUTE FROSTING WITH MARSHMALLOW FLUFF

2 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup water
1 cup Marshmallow Fluff
1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients except vanilla in the top of a double boiler. Place over boiling water; beat with rotary beater until mixture holds soft peaks. Remove top of double boiler from lower part; beat until mixture holds stiff peaks. Beat in vanilla.

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KAREN'S FROSTING

1 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
pinch of salt
1/4 cup almond flavoring

In a medium mixing bowl, mix together the shortening, powdered sugar, milk and salt. When mixture is well blended, add the almond (or vanilla, if you prefer) flavoring. Beat at high speed for 5 minutes. This will frost a layer cake or a sheet cake. Add food coloring, if desired.

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VERMONT MAPLE ICING

 I have no idea who Dorothy Lois Stead is or was. But I love collecting truly vintage recipes and this one is different than any I have.

MOCHA FROSTING

This is another recipe from my 1955 Marshall Township PTA cookbook. This recipe does not have a contributor listed.

1/2 cup butter
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp. strong coffee
2 sq. unsweetened chocolate
2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

Cream butter, add egg yolk, coffee, and chocolate. Gradually add confectioners sugar. Blend until smooth. Frosts two 8-inch layers.

CONFECTIONERS' SUGAR FROSTING

This recipe is on the back page of the pamplet shown below. This is from my Sophomore high school home economics class. My, how times have changed since 1963!

1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pound (3 1/2 to 4 cups) sifted confectioners' sugar
About 1/4 cup cream or other liquid

Cream and thoroughly beat together butter or margarine, vanilla and salt. Add confectioners' sugar and liquid alternately, adding sufficient liquid to give the frosting proper spreading consistency. Beat thoroughly after each addition, since the velvety smoothness of the frosting is influenced by sufficient beating. Spread between layers, on top, and on sides of cake. Yield: Enough frosting for two 8-inch or 9-inch layers.