Grandma Chics Carrot Cake 1968 Recipes

GRANDMA'S CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the sugar and oil until blended. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture just until incorporated. Fold in the pineapple, carrots, coconut and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. While still warm, poke holes in the cake with a fork.
• For the glaze: In a saucepan, combine butter, sugar, buttermilk and vanilla. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes. Pour glaze over warm cake, then allow to cool completely.

GRANDMA'S CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., Beat first 4 ingredients until well blended. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in carrots and walnuts., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack; cool completely., For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread over cake.

GRANDMA CHICS CARROT CAKE 1968

Steps:

• Cake Method: Beat eggs, and gradually add the sugar Blend in the grated carrots Sift the dry ingredients together and add alternately with the salad oil Blend in the vanilla Add the nuts Add the raisins OR pineapple Pour into prepared pan Bake the first 45 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Remove from oven With a large handle of a wooden spoon or skewer poke holes all over the cake.
• Down to bottom.
• Pour topping into holes and all over top Place back into oven for the last 15 minutes 375 degrees.
• Test with a tester, should come away clean.
• When done remove from oven Place onto a cooling rack.
• Cool completely When cool glaze with a coffee glaze over the top and over the sides.

RASPBERRY PARTY CAKE FILLING 1968

Steps:

• Thaw and drain the frozen raspberries.
• Strain the syrup and reserving a quarter cup .
• Make sure you have drained the berries well.
• In a 1/4 cup of the syrup sprinkle in the gelatin, and stir, to bloom.
• Then melt over boiling water to warm and dissolve gelatin mixture.
• Set aside and cool, to lukewarm.
• Beat the 2 1/2 cups of whipping cream and when it begins to thicken add in the cooled gelatin mixture all at once and continue to beat.
• When it is almost stiff add in the powdered icing sugar gradually, and whip until thick.
• Now fold in the well drained raspberries .
• Fill and frost your desired sponge cake.

GRANDMA CHICS JELLY ROLL 1968

Steps:

• Grease a jelly roll pan approx 10 1/2 inches by 15 1/2 inches and then line pan with waxed paper or parchment and grease paper also lightly. Pan should have one inch sides also.
• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees, moderately hot. With rack in centre of oven.
• Measure unsifted flour and place into a sifter.
• Sift flour of choice with the salt and baking powder. Sift once then return to the sifter.
• Separate whites from yolks.
• Beat egg whites until foamy in mixer bowl, sprinkle the cream of tartar over and continue to beat until stiff but not dry.
• Beat egg yolks in another bowl with the water until very light and pale yellow.
• Gradually beat the sugar into yolks, then mix in the vanilla.
• Should have a thick ribbon like egg yolks at this time.
• Sift the flour mixture for the second time directly over the yolks, about 1/4 at a time, folding in the dry ingredients to blend well, but not deflating the batter.
• When all dry is folded in the yolk mixture, then fold in the stiff whites ( not dry) , folding and blending in evenly not deflating.
• Pour batter evenly onto prepared jelly roll sheet pan.
• Bake in preheated oven about 12 to 15 minutes, test with toothpick to make sure its done.
• While cake is baking sprinkle a linen tea towel with extra granulated sugar.
• Immediately when cake is baked turn out onto the tea towel peel off the paper and with a pizza sharp cutter trim away the edges from cake.
• Beginning at the narrow edge roll up cake loosely along with the towel in between.
• Cool the cake like this on wire rack.
• Unroll cake and fill as desired.
• I myself have rolled warm cakes up differently at time.
• Sometimes I roll up loosely for five minutes, then unroll and let cool, then fill and re roll. I find it works either way.