Amish Buttermilk Cake Recipes

AMISH BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F or 180°C.
• Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar, then add the buttermilk and baking soda, mix to combine.
• Add the flour and vanilla to the buttermilk mixture and beat just until combined.
• Pour the batter into a greased 9x13 pan and bake for 30 minutes. The cake is done when a toothpick to the center comes out clean or when the cake bounces back when the center lightly pressed.
• While the cake is baking, make the nut topping. Combine the butter, milk, brown sugar, and chopped nuts in a bowl and stir until well blended.
• Once the cake is warm, spread the topping over the surface of the cake and place it under the broiler with low heat for about 2 minutes or until the nut topping starts to bubble.
• Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and cool before serving.

AMISH CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Cream brown sugar and butter together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, until well incorporated. Gradually add buttermilk, followed by vanilla extract, and mix until well combined.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternating with hot water, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, beating just until combined. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove baking dish from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to completely cool.

AMISH BUTTERMILK PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine sugar and lemon zest in a bowl. Using your hands, rub zest into sugar to release the natural oils of the zest. Add flour and mix well.
• Whip in buttermilk, lemon juice, eggs, butter, and lemon extract. Pour batter into pie crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake until center is slightly jiggly in center, 50 to 65 minutes. Custard will continue to set as pie cools.

AMISH FRIENDSHIP CAKE

Steps:

• To Make Starter: Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add 1 tablespoon white sugar, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup of the flour, and 1 cup of the milk in a non-metal bowl and stir with a non-metal spoon until creamy. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let stand in a warm place for two days to ferment. It will become bubbly and have a sour odor. Do not place in refrigerator. On second day, third day, and fourth day: stir. On fifth day, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk, and stir. On sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth day: stir. On tenth day add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup milk. Reserve 1 cup starter; pour remaining starter, 1 cup each, into 3 containers to give away to friends if desired. Starter is enough for 8 loaves.
• To Make Cakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8 or 9 inch loaf pans.
• Mix 1 cup of the starter, oil, baking powder, eggs, 1 cup of the sugar, 2 cups of the flour, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt, vanilla, and chopped nuts. Stir in the baking soda just before pouring the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Bananas, dates, or raisins can be added for variety.

AMISH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.and grease and flour bottom of 9x13 pan.
• For cake: cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
• Blend in buttermilk or sour milk and 2 teaspoons of baking soda, there should be some foaming.
• Add 3 cups flour and mix until blended.
• Add vanilla last.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and Bake 25-30 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
• For topping: blend soft butter, milk, brown sugar and nuts in a small bowl.
• When cake comes out of oven and is still warm, spread with topping mixture and return to oven to bake until bubbly. About 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from oven again and cool.

AMISH BUTTERMILK CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt butter, stir in brown sugar, flour and oats.
• Press into 9 or 10 inch spring form pan.
• Beat cream cheese, and brown sugar in a bowl until smooth.
• Beat in the buttermilk, flour and soda until smooth.
• Beat in two large eggs until mixed, add in vanilla, dont overbeat.
• Spoon into prepared crust lined pan.
• Sprinkle the top with the crushed macarrons.
• Bake in oven for 70 minutes or until set.
• This tends to be jiggly for a long time, so dont over cook, but keep centre semi jiggily. If desired turn heat off and let cool with door ajar.
• This also puffs up to the top of pan, top browns, and when cooled does fall in the centre area.
• Cool before cutting.
• Serve with raspberry sauce and fresh raspberries.