Here’s a mysterious handwritten recipe from the Red Plastic Box collection. I think it’s for a spice cake. What do you think? Honestly, I don’t know how long to bake this, or in which pan to bake. I’m not even sure if it the title is Spice Leake or Spike Bake! But I love that…
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Butter Icing
The recipe for Butter Icing came from the Red Plastic Box Recipe Collection. This makes enough to top one cake. Print Butter Icing Ingredients 4 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup milk 2 cups confectioner’s sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla Instructions Cream butter until soft. Add sugar gradually. When mixture begins to get stiff, add milk drop by…
Angel Food Cake No. 779
Here is an angel food cake recipe from the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. It was found in the Red Plastic Box Collection. Print Angel Food Cake No. 779 Ingredients 1 cup cake flour sifted 1 1/2 cups sugar sifted 1 1/4 cup egg whites about 10 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 teaspoon crea m of…
Prune Cake
This recipe is from Cross Country Cookery Cookbook. The recipe came from Grace Estes, Como, Miss and Viola Davis, Como, Mississippi. Print Prune Cake Course Dessert Ingredients 1 cup wesson oil 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cup sugar 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon soda 1 pinch salt 1 cup prunes cooked and cut up 2 teaspoon cinnamon…
Butterless Milkless Eggless Cake
This recipe was found in the Red Plastic Box Collection. No pan size is given so I did a little sleuthing…which means I googled to see if there was a similar recipe online. This is almost double the ingredients of the recipe found at All Recipes which calls for an 8 or 9-inch square cake pan…