Aunt Nuns Cake Recipes

AUNT LOU'S FRESH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt and baking powder; gradually beat into oil mixture. Stir in apples. Transfer batter to prepared pan., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Run a knife around sides and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

NUN'S CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour once, measure. Add baking powder and salt and sift three times.
• Cream shortening, gradually adding sugar. Cream thoroughly.
• Add egg yolks and unbeaten egg whites. Beat 1 minute. Combine flour mixture and milk alternately with creamed mixture.
• Beat very well. Add flavoring.
• Pour into greased springform pan with tube inset.
• Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes in moderate oven, 325 to 350 degrees.
• To remove cake, push down on tapered clamp and release spring rim.

"AUNT JOHNNIE'S" POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300ºF.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
• Cream shortening, butter and sugar until light and fluffy with an electric mixer
• (This will take a while).
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in almond extract.
• In another bowl, combine baking powder and flour.
• Stir into creamed mixture alternately with the milk, starting and ending with flour. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

AUNT NUN'S CAKE

Steps:

• Begin with the frosting.
• In a 2-3 Quart saucepan place 1 1/2 cup sugar, 6 tsp flour, 1 1/2 cup milk and 2 beaten eggs. Cook over medium heat stiring constantly with a wisk until mixture reaches a pudding texture. Let cool and put the pan in the regrigerator.
• Cake:.
• Put 1 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup cocoa in mixing bowl and mix well.
• Add 1/2 cup shortening and 2 well beaten eggs and continue mixing.
• Add 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla,.
• Aternately mix in 1 cup buttermilk, 2 cups flour until blended (don't over mix).
• Add 1/2 cup hot water and 1 tsp baking soda.
• Beat well and pour in greased and floured cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 min until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow cake to cool completely.
• Bring back the icing pan and in mixer bowl add 4 sticks of margerine and 2 tsp vanilla.
• Whip up to the consistance of icing and apply to cake.