Aunt Grace's Orange Cake (Mom M Recipe #1)

Here is my 1st installment from My Grandmother's Recipe Box. I took a few liberties with the recipe based on what I had on hand, but I am pretty sure that my grandmother would have approved.

I substituted cranberries for raisins and only had about 1/3 of a cup instead of 1 full cup. I don't care for raisins and I like the orange and cranberry flavors together. The smaller amount of cranberries worked just fine.

Here is the mixture after all of the ingredients have been added, I used all purpose flour rather than cake flour, but I think that is probably authentic to how my grandmother made it because I do not recall her cooking with cake flour which was probably more expensive

The cake before and after the oven. The glaze that is put on the hot cake seems like it might add to much sweetness with one cup of sugar, but it does not. Also - the mixture pools on top when you first put in on the cake, but no worries, it soaks right in after just a few minutes.

Ta Da - the finished Aunt Grace's Orange Cake. This could be used as a coffee cake or add a dollop of fresh whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream (or two scoops for Papa) and it is a dessert. Or just a good snacking cake for any time. Enjoy!

Comments

Sizzlers (Mom M and Papa Recipe #3 )

I am absolutely positive that these will not taste exactly the same even though I am using the recipe written out in my grandmother's hand. They will not taste the same because my Papa did not get the little sizzler steaks from the Publix butcher where he worked after my grandparent's retired to Florida. They will not taste the same because I am not making them on my grandparent's little gas grill. They will not taste the same because I never found out what "lemon juice (?)" means. They will not taste the same because my grandmother did not make them and my grandfather did not grill them. They will not taste the same because I can only hear in my mind, my grandmother saying "Well, these turned out pretty good". And mostly they will not taste the same because I am not eating them at the table with my "Mom and Papa". But I will have the memories. ...

Don't Waffle about your favorite recipe (Down a Sourdough Rabbit Hole #3)

I tried two different waffle recipes, One was using an overnight sponge and one was mixed 1/2 hour before making. The 1st time I made the overnight sponge recipe, I thought thye were really good but the the next few times, they were ok. I saw this quicker recipe without the overnight wait and gave it a try. I think I like the quicker version better. They seem to hold up better if sharing them and if eating over the next few days. This may already be a known idea, but reheating the waffles using the waffle iron the next day makes them turn out like you just made them. I also experimented with some whipped butters. I made a maple with maple syrup, a raspberry with raspberry jam and a lemon with a bit of lemon juice and zest. The raspberry was the biggest hit. Here are the two recipes I tried: Overnight Sponge Waffles And here is the 30 minute version 30 Minute Waffles My opinion is that the overnight ones seems a bit lighter, but the 30 minute ones were tastier and easier....

4th of July Honey Drops (Mom M Recipe #5)

It has been a little hot for baking lately so there has been a little hiatus in trying recipes from the box. I got some great honey from the farmers market a couple of weeks ago and had been wondering what I was going to use it in. Then I saw this recipe in the box for Honey Drops. I don't recall having these before, but the recipe looks well used so they must have been made a time or two. The recipe makes a nice dough that is easy to roll into balls for baking. Though I was not sure that this was the prescribed method since this like many of the recipes listed only ingredients and no directions. But they baked up just right. You have to make the balls on the smaller side since you are putting them together in sandwich fashion. I suppose you could make a giant sandwich cookie, but I prefer the smaller size. Sin...

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