Aunt Roses Honeycake Recipes

AUNT VERNA'S ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, whisk together honey and eggs until thoroughly integrated. Stir in orange zest. Sift together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add slowly to egg mixture. Lightly grease a loaf pan with butter. Add the mixture to the pan and bake. After 30 minutes check for doneness with a wooden skewer. (If it comes out clean, you are done. If not, give it another 5 minutes and check it again).

AUNT ROSIE'S GOB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15 inch pan. Line a second 10x15 inch pan with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, 1/4 cup oil, 1 1/2 cup milk and 4 eggs. Beat 4 minutes on high speed. Divide batter into the two 10x15 inch pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make the filling: In a large bowl, combine 2 cups confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup milk, shortening, butter, vanilla and flour. Beat on high speed for 5 minutes, or until it achieves the consistency of whipped cream.
• Spread filling over the layer in the greased pan. Loosen the sides of the other layer by running a knife around the edge between the cake and the pan. Flip the cake onto the frosted layer. Remove the pan and parchment paper from the top layer and serve.

AUNT ROSE'S FANTASTIC BUTTER TOFFEE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a shallow baking pan, toast almonds until golden brown, 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool. Pulse chocolate in a food processor until finely ground (do not overprocess); transfer to a bowl. Pulse almonds in food processor until coarsely chopped. Sprinkle 1 cup almonds over bottom of a greased 15x10x1-in. pan. Sprinkle with 1 cup chocolate., In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar and water. Cook over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 290° (soft-crack stage), stirring occasionally., Immediately pour mixture over almonds and chocolate in pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate and almonds. Refrigerate until set; break into pieces.

GRANDMA ROSE'S HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees; generously grease and flour two 9x5 loaf pans.
• In a large1-quart saucepan, combine the coffee and honey and bring to a boil; let cool.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg; stir in the oil and brown sugar.
• In another large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger.
• Stir in the nuts and raisins; (the recipe said that Grandpa Sid always said, "Not enough nuts!" so Grandma always put extra in---smile).
• Alternately stir the dry flour mixture and the wet honey mixture into the egg mixture.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pans and bake for 70 minutes or until the cakes are springy to the touch.
• Let cool for 10 minutes, then turn onto wire cooling racks to cool.
• Wrap tightly in foil and let sit for 24 hours, so that the flavor of the honey has time to develop.

GRANDMA SADIE'S HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a two 8-inch baking dishes.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix honey into creamed butter-egg mixture.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and baking soda into a separate bowl. Slowly mix flour mixture, alternating with the coffee, into honey mixture until batter is just mixed. Fold almonds and raisins into batter; add orange zest, vanilla extract, and cinnamon into batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking dishes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.

AUNT ROSé'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 10-inch (3-quart) bundt pan, knocking out excess.
• Sift flour. Beat together butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar, flour, and vanilla and beat on low speed until just combined (mixture will appear dry and crumbly). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (mixture will form a batter as eggs are added).
• Pour batter into pan, smoothing top. Bake in middle of oven until golden and a tester comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on a rack 15 minutes, then invert onto a rack and cool completely.

AUNT ROSE'S HONEYCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line two loaf pans with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large bowl; combine oil, sugar, honey and eggs.
• Use an electric mixer to beat until chunky smooth, set aside.
• In a blender or food processor; combine orange and apple, then pulse until finely chopped.
• Add coffee to blender and pulse until mostly pureed, set aside.
• In another bowl; sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.
• Add a third of the fruit and coffee mixture to oil honey and egg mixture stirring well.
• Add a third of flour mixture stirring again.
• Continue in this manner until all ingredients are combined add optional ingredients at this time as well.
• Divide batter between loaf pans, bake until a tester comes out clean or about 30-35 minutes.
• Cool cakes in pans on a rack. Leave parchment on till serving.