Grammie Beas Mincemeat Applesauce Cake Recipes

MINCEMEAT APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. In another bowl, combine the eggs, mincemeat, applesauce, juice and butter; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Pour into a greased 9-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , For sauce, combine sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. Stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in butter until melted. Add lemon zest and juice. Serve warm with the cake.

EASY MINCEMEAT

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients, except the brandy, in a large saucepan. Cook over a low heat for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, until the sugar and suet have completely dissolved.
• Remove from the heat and leave to cool to room temperature before stirring in the brandy. The mincemeat may look loose at this stage, but it will continue to thicken. You can encase it in pastry as soon as it's cooled. Alternatively, spoon the warm mincemeat into a large sterilised jar or several smaller ones (see tip, below). Will keep in a cool, dry place for up to six months.

GRAMMIE BEA'S LAZY DAISY OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cake:.
• In a shallow bowl, combine rolled oats and boiling water. Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Using a mixer, cream butter until creamy.
• Gradually beat in sugars, and beat until light.
• Blend in eggs and vanilla.
• Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
• Remove beaters from creamed mixture.
• Stir in rolled oat mixture.
• Fold in flour mixture. Blend well.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9" square cake pan.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes Remove from oven, but DO NOT REMOVE CAKE FROM PAN.
• Topping:.
• Combine all melted butter. brown sugar, canned milk and nuts. Spread over the hot cake.
• Return the cake to the oven, under the broiler. Broil until the topping is bubbly and tinged with gold. Watch it as it will burn easily.

PEAR & MINCEMEAT CRUMBLE CAKE

Steps:

• Put pears into a non-stick frying pan with 2 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp water. Cover, then cook over a medium heat for 10 mins until just tender, stirring every so often. There shouldn't be juices once the pears are cooked. Add the spice; leave to cool.
• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter then line the base and sides of a 20cm round, deep cake tin. Put butter, sugar, vanilla and ¼ tsp salt into a large bowl. Beat with an electric hand whisk until pale and fluffy. Add eggs and flour, beat until smooth, then fold in almonds with a spoon. Remove 85g batter and put into a small bowl. Into this add the plain flour and chop into the mix with a cutlery knife to make a soft, crumbly-looking mix.
• Spoon half the cake mix into the tin, top with half the pears, dot over half the mincemeat, then dollop the rest of the cake mix on top. Scatter with remaining pears, mincemeat, then the crumble mix. Sprinkle with final 1 tbsp sugar. Bake for 1½ hrs, covering with foil after 1 hr, until golden, risen and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then cool on a rack. Keep it in the lining paper, as this will help it stay moist. Will keep, well wrapped in an airtight tin, for 5 days. Freeze for 1 month.

GRAMMIE BEA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Add applesauce with baking soda, and mix well.
• Cream sugar and margarine. Add to applesauce mixture mixing well.
• In a separate bowl, mix flour with salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice.
• Add all together and beat egg into mixture last. Mix well.
• Bake at 350°, in a greased, and flour dusted 9x13" pan for 30-40 minutes, checking every 5 minutes after 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in middle of cake comes out clean.

GRAMMIE BEA'S CHOPPED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour a loaf pan, or 9x9" cake pan, or makes 18 cup cakes.
• Cut apples, and peel and chop into small pieces.
• Add sugar, and mix and let set for 10 minutes while mixing dry ingredients.
• Sift flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg together well.
• Add oil mixed with beaten egg, to apples.
• Mix in dry ingredients, and pour into pan.
• Bake at 350° for 30-45 minutes. Test at 30 minutes with a tooth pick in center of cake -- When it comes out clean, cake is done. DO NOT overbake.

MOM FLORENCE'S MINCEMEAT APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar.
• In another bowl, sift together dry ingredients.
• Combine dry ingredients and sugar mixture.
• Add eggs.
• Add mincemeat, raisins, applesauce and nuts.
• Bake at 325° for 45 to 60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.