Aunt Shirley's Applesauce Cake

From Aunt Shirley Knauff in Pullman WA. This recipe is a keeper. 

350 for 35-40 minutes

2 1/2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

each 1 1/2 tsp baking soda, salt

1 tsp cinnamon

each 1/2 tsp allspice, clove, nutmeg

Mix all together well.

Add and mix well:

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup water

Add and beat 3 minutes:

1 1/2 cups applesauce

Add: 

1 egg

1 tsp brandy flavoring

Mix and pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan. Bake. When cool frost with

3 TBS Butter

6 oz cream cheese

Cream together then add

2 1/2-3 cups powdered sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/8 t. salt

Mix well until frosting consistency.

Butter Cake with Browned Butter Frosting

This is like special occasion cake. Or cake made with sad tears because you know you are going to sit and eat all of it alone while watching a Korean soap opera where the mean mother hates the girl and the boy is rich and someone always ends up either dying tragically or in the hospital and then some unexpected lost love or sibling appears and throws a wrench in everyones plans and the stock market crashes around the family business and a soldier appears from the 14th century to rescue the girl from the hospital. In either 16 episodes or 54 episodes. Have kleenex on hand.

Eat it. Alone or with friends. It's delicious and it came from the inside of a Land o Lakes butter box.

Butter Cake

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup butter, softened 

4 egg yolks

2 tsp vanilla

In separate bowl mix:

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

Have ready:

3/4 cup half n half

Mix sugar and butter until creamy. Add egg yolks and vanilla. Mix well. Beat while gradually alternating and adding the flour mix and half n half. Batter will be thick. Divide into greased and floured cake pans. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then remove from pans and cool on rack. Make frosting. (or a 13x9 pan bake for 25-30 minutes)

Frosting

1/4 cup butter

3 cups powdered sugar

2 tsp vanilla

3-4 TBS milk

In 1 quart saucepan melt butter over medium low heat until lightly browned. 4-5 minutes. In small mixer bowl combine butter with sugar and vanilla. Mix well then add milk slowly until frosting is spreadable. Eat some frosting to make sure it tastes okay. Use a cookie or a vanilla wafer to test it. It's okay, just do it. Then frost your cooled cake if you have some frosting left. 

Spiced Crumbcake

Spiced Crumbcake

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp allspice or nutmeg

1/4 tsp salt

Mix together then cut in 

1/2 cup crisco

Add:

2 TBS molasses and 1 beaten egg. 

Blend well then add:

1 cup sour milk or buttermilk

Beat until smooth. Pour into a well greased 8x8 pan. Bush 2 TBS butter over the top and add crumb topping of: 

1 TBS flour

4 T sugar

1/2 t cinnamon 

2 TBS butter

Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes. 

Easiest Coffee Cake

Easiest Coffee Cake

ever. Company coming? Make it fast and it's so easy and will make the house smell great. 

2 cups Bisquick

1 egg

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

Mix well. Do not beat. Spread batter in greased 8x8 pan and cover with topping. 

Topping

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 TBS bisquik

1 tsp cinnamon

3 TBS butter

Cut together. Sprinkle over cake. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes. 

CAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Eggless Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

1 2/3 cups flour

1 cup buttermilk or sour milk

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven 350. Butter and lightly flour two 8inch round cake pans or one 9x13 pan. 

Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Add the buttermilk, or sour milk, oil and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Spread in pans and bake for 20-25 minutes for cake pans and 35-45 minutes for square pan. Test with toothpick before removing from oven. Let cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto rack. Cool before frosting. 

Devils Food Cake

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

3 TBS sugar

3 TBS water 

cook in saucepan on low heat until smooth and blended. Remove from heat and add 1/2 cup milk; set aside.

Cream together 

1/2 cup butter or shortening

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

Add cocoa mixture. Then add

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp each cream of tartar, baking soda, salt

Blend well then pour into buttered flour pans. Bake for 25 minutes or so.