Aunt Roses Sorghum Cake Recipes

SORGHUM CAKE WITH CINNAMON SAUCE

Steps:

• Cream together the sugar and butter or margarine. Add egg, and beat well. Mix in molasses. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Pour into 9 inch sprayed pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 55-60 minutes.
• Cool and serve.

AUNT ROSé'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 10-inch (3-quart) bundt pan, knocking out excess.
• Sift flour. Beat together butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar, flour, and vanilla and beat on low speed until just combined (mixture will appear dry and crumbly). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will form a batter as eggs are added).
• Pour batter into pan, smoothing top. Bake in middle of oven until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 15 minutes, then invert onto a rack and cool completely.

LOIS' DUTCH SORGHUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325. Beat sugar and shortening at medium speed with a mixer until fluffy. Stop mixer and add sorghum; beat just until blended. Add eggs 1 at a time until blended after each addition.
• 2. Combine dry ingredients alternate with buttermilk. Stir in pecans, rasins and dates. Spoon onto 2 greased 9 inch square pans. Bake at 325 for 32-37 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely before topping with the coffee glaze.
• 3. Whisk together 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 1/2 Tablespoons of strong coffee until smooth. Makes about 1/3 cup

GLUTEN FREE SORGHUM CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine water, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix and while mixing add molassas to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the bowl.
• Combine wet and 1 1/4 cups dry ingredients and mix well. Place batter into two small loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minute.
• You can substitute a very ripe banana for the oil, and add some walnuts to make a killer banana bread.

THREE LAYER WHITE VELVET CAKE (WITH OPTIONAL WHITE FROSTING)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease three cake pans (reviewers have stated it works better if you flour the pans as well).
• In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter together.
• Mix in egg yolks, then eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Measure the buttermilk into a 2-cup measuring cup/bowl and stir in the baking soda and vanilla.
• Blend buttermilk and the flour alternately into the mixture in the large bowl.
• Pour batter into the greased cake pans.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Let cool before frosting.
• OPTIONAL ICING: Beat the egg whites to a stiff froth.
• Beat in the powdered 10x sugar and vanilla extract.
• Frost between layers.
• Refrigerate leftovers.