Dutch Apple Bread

Cream together:

1/2 c. margarine/butter
2/3 c. sugar

Add and beat well:

2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine separately:

2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Add dry ingredients alternating with 1/3 c. orange juice
Fold in

1 c. chopped apples
1/3 c. chopped nuts

Bake in greased 9 x 5″ pan at 350 degrees for 55 minutes.

This makes for a great brunch offering.

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Chocolate Pound Cake

8 milk chocolate bars without nuts (1.55 oz each)
2 T. water
1/2 c. butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 c. chopped pecans, optional
Confectioners sugar, optional

In a saucepan, melt chocolate with water over low heat.  Mixture will begin to harden.  Cream butter [...]

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Apple Cake

From the Woman’s Club- Nov. 1988

2 c. sugar
1 stick butter

cream sugar and butter together.  Add:

2 eggs
2 tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
4 c. finely chopped apples, any kind.
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. nuts (whichever kind you prefer)
2 c. flour

Bake 45 mins at 350 in a 9×13 pan.

The only way I have ever made [...]

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Twinkie Cake

Oh mercy.  I just showed this gem to my husband and apparently I am making this for dessert tonight.  I am going to use a from scratch recipe, because I don’t want to go to the store.  From a newspaper clipping, circa 1958.
1 yellow cake, bake according to box directions. Let cake cool, slice into [...]

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Chocolate Sheet Cake

Combine in a mixing bowl:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp salt

In a saucepan, melt:

2 sticks butter
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa.  Stir.  Add 1 cup boiling water.  Boil for a few seconds, remove from heat.  Pour over flour mix, stir until cool.

In a measuring cup mix together:

1/2 c. buttermilk
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Stir [...]

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Coconut Cupcakes

Taste of Home was just nice enough to email this to me, and I know I will forget all about it if I just leave it sitting there in email world…so here you go.  I have been looking for a good coconut cupcake/cake recipe for a long time (do you have one?  huh huh do [...]

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Whoopie Pies

1 1/4 c. sugar
2/3 c. shortening
2 eggs, well beaten
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. cocoa
1 1/4 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. milk

Cream together sugar and shortening.  Add eggs, and blend.
Sift together dry ingredients, and add alternately with milk.  Add vanilla.
Drop by tablespoon on greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 for [...]

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Icebox Chocolate Wafer Cake

My super boring Vanilla Cake with Plain Chocolate Boring Buttercream order is waiting to be frosted, so here is the recipe for a cake that I would rather make…it is my favorite ever.
3 cups heavy cream
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 (9-ounce) packages Nabisco Famous Chocolate wafers (I have also made this with just [...]

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Bittersweet Chocolate Irish Whiskey Cake

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons Irish whiskey
6 ounces bittersweet (70% cocoa) chocolate (such as Scharffen Berger or Lindt), chopped
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder dissolved in 6 tablespoons hot water
1/3 cup blanched almonds (about 2 ounces), lightly toasted
6 tablespoons all purpose flour, divided

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) [...]

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Flourless Chocolate Cake w/ Hazelnuts and Brandied Cherries

Brandied cherries
1 750-ml bottle brandy
1 1/2 cups dried tart cherries
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
Cake
10 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, diced
10 large egg yolks
1/2 cup plus 6 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
9 large egg whites
Ganache
8 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 [...]

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