Who doesn’t love dessert? Here’s an entire cookbook filled with desserts from around the world.
The title “Dessertarata” is a play on the famous Desiderata prose poem by Max Ehrman. The poem is at the front of the book.
This cookbook is from the New Apostolic Church Youth, St. Louis District 1982. It is softcover, wire bound, and more than 300 pages that are a bit yellowed with some stains.
Mango Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 cup nuts chopped
- 2 1/2 cups mango marinated in 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup raisins optional
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Cake
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Beat together eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, sugar, and mangos.
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Sift dry ingredients together and mix in, lightly and quickly.
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Gently add nuts and raisins, pour into greased 13×9-inch cake pan.
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Bake at 325 for 45-60 minutes. Cool and frost.
Frosting
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Cream butter, beat in powdered sugar.
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Add egg and beat until smooth.
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After adding a little more sugar, add milk and vanilla.
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