1 cup butter 1/2 cup shortening 1 pound light brown sugar 1 cup sugar 5 eggs 3 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 cup milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup chopped walnuts Beat butter and shortening together; gradually add the sugars, creaming until mixture is light and fluffy. Beat… Continue reading Brown Sugar Pound Cake
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Easy Pound Cake
1 box confectioners sugar 3 sticks butter 6 large eggs 1 box flour measured in sugar box or 3 cups and 1 tbsp 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp lemon extract Cream butter thoroughly with sugar. Beat in one egg at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Sift flour into mixture about 1/3 at a… Continue reading Easy Pound Cake
Coconut Cake
1 box cake mix, white or yellow baked according to directions in a 9×12″ pan. Make syrup of 2 cups sugar and 1 cup milk while cake is baking. Bring ingredients to a boil. Punch holes in cake and pour syrup over hot cake. Cool. When cool, spread with large box of cool whip and… Continue reading Coconut Cake
Cream Cake Frosting
Box of frozen whipped topping, thawed 1 tbsp brown sugar 1/2 tsp instant coffee, cold Stir together, put on cooled cake. Recipe by Lloyd Sharpe, Jr.
Chocolate Pound Cake
2 sticks butter 1/2 cup shortening 3 cup sugar 5 eggs at room temperature 3 cup flour sifted before measuring 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup cocoa 1 cup milk 2 tsp vanilla Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Combine all dry ingredients and sift again. Add vanilla… Continue reading Chocolate Pound Cake
Quick Caramel Frosting
2/3 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup milk 1 pound powdered sugar 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla Melt butter in saucepan. Add brown sugar and milk and heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil gently 5 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Blend in powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Add vanilla. Beat until… Continue reading Quick Caramel Frosting
Grandma Sharpe’s Chocolate Icing
2 cups sugar 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup cocoa 1 stick butter Pinch of salt Mix all together. Boil 1 minute. Let cool and ice cake. Recipe by E. Jean Sharpe
Scripture Cake
3 cup 1 Kings 4:22 6 Isaiah 10:14 1 cup Judges 4:19 1 cup 1 Samuel 30:12 1 cup Judges 5:25 1/2 tsp soda 1/8 tsp Leviticus 2:13 1 cup Nahum 3:12 1 tbsp 2 Chronicles 9:9 1 cup Numbers 17:8 2 cup Jeremiah 6:20 1 tsp baking powder Matthew 13:33 To find ingredients, look… Continue reading Scripture Cake