Sunshine
Cake
Separate
6 eggs
Beat the whites with 1/2
teaspoon of cream of tartar until very
stiff
Beat yolks until foamy
Add
slowly 1 cup of white sugar and
beat
Add 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon
flavoring
Add 1 cup of flour sifted
with 1/2 teaspoon salt alternately
with
1/4 cup of cold water
Fold
beaten egg whites into batter
Spoon into an
angel food pan (tubepan)
Run a knife through
the batter to get out large air bubbles.
Bake
at 275 degrees for 1 hour.
Set pan on a
cooling rack right side up until
cold.
This is good with fruit and whipped
cream, ice cream and sauce, or just by
itself.
Aunt
Lone's
Roll Jel CakeBeat 3 eggs
until thick
Add slowly 1/2 cup
sugar
Add
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift together1
cup flour
2
teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon
salt
Add alternately with
1/4 cup cold water
Bake in a greased shallow
pan lined with greased waxed paper
12 to 15
minutes at 375 degrees.
Cake will be lightly
browned and springy to the touch when
done
Turn out on a clean towel coated with
confectioner's sugar and roll as tightly as you
can. You may have to trim off the edges if they
are too crisp. When cool, unroll and spread
with
jam or jelly
then roll back up.
Southern Spanish Cake
Separate 2 eggs and
Beat the whites until stiff
Set
aside
Sift together 1 and 3/4 cups
flour
1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1
scant teaspoon of salt
1 generous teaspoon of
cinnamon
Set aside
Cream 1/2
cup shortening with
1 cup of sugar
Add 2 egg yolks
Add a third of the
flour mixture and beat smooth
Add 1/4
cup of milk and beat smooth
Add
another third of the flour and beat
smooth
Add another 1/4 cup milk and
beat
Add rest of flour and beat
smooth.
Fold in stiffly beaten egg
whites
Fill two greased and floured
round cake pans and bake at 375 degrees for about
25 minutes.
Turn out on racks to cool before
frosting
Morroco Frosting
2 unbeaten egg whites
1 and
1/2 cups white sugar
1/4 cup brown
sugar
Place in a double boiler over hot
water
heat and beat 7 minutes.
Remove from heat and set on a clean,
folded towel
Fold in very carefully
5 tablespoons of cold water
1 square of melted
chocolate.
Spread between the layers and
over sides and top of cake.
Southern
Spicy Gingerbread
Sift together
2 and 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons soda
2
generous teaspoons ginger
2 teaspoons
cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon
nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
set
aside
In large bowl
Beat 2
eggs
Add 3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup
molasses, light or dark,
3/4 cups
melted shortening
Blend
well
Add alternatelyflour mixture
and
1 cup boiling water
Pour into
greased and floured 9" by 12" cake pan
Bake at 350 30 minutes or until cake
tester comes out clean.
Hot Lemon Sauce
In a 1 quart sauce
pan
Mix
thoroughly 1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons
flour
Add grated rind and juice of 1
lemon
2 cups boiling water
2
tablespoons butter or oleo
Stir
constantly over medium flame until reaches a
boil and thickens.
Serve over gingerbread.
May be refrigerated and re-heated.