Grandma Bastows Lemon Velvet Cake Recipes

GRANDMA BASTOW'S SKILLET CAKE

Steps:

• 1. To make the cake, pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2. Put butter and chocolate baking squares in a 9" WELL SEASONED cast iron skillet.
• 3. Place skillet in oven and allow butter and chocolate to melt.
• 4. Remove skillet from oven.
• 5. Stir butter and chocolate together. Set aside to cool (about 20 minutes).
• 6. When pan has cooled, add two unbeaten eggs to chocolate/butter mixture and stir slightly with a wire whisk.
• 7. In separate bowl, sift together flour, sugar, and baking soda.
• 8. Alternately add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk to the chocolate mixture in the skillet stirring with wire whisk until thoroughly blended.
• 9. Then add the vanilla.
• 10. Place skillet in the oven and cook for 35 minutes.
• 11. Remove skillet from oven and place on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
• 12. If your skillet has not been seasoned well, the cake may stick. If it feels like it has stuck to the skillet, loosen the cake from the edges with a knife.
• 13. Run a large spatula between the cake and the pan on the underneath side to loosen it before inverting it onto the serving platter.
• 14. Invert the cake onto a serving platter and let cake cool before adding frosting (about an hour).
• 15. To make the frosting, cream one-third of the powdered sugar with the butter with electric mixer.
• 16. Blend in vanilla and almond extract.
• 17. Add 2 tablespoons of the cream and blend well.
• 18. Add the remaining sugar to the mixture.
• 19. Gradually add more cream.
• 20. Continue mixing until the frosting has the desired spreading consistency.
• 21. Spread on cooled cake.
• 22. Shave some chocolate almond bark or chocolate candy bar onto the top of the frosting for a beautiful finish to this cake.

LEMON VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. 1. Combine first five ingredients in a mixing bowl & mix well for at least 3 minutes.
• 2. Pour in a well-greased/buttered & not flour but use sugar coated bundt or tube cake pan; the cake will have a nice moist coating on it when done.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• 4. Heat white sugar & orange juice but do not boil. These two ingredients are the glaze.
• 5. When cake has finished baking, cool 10 minutes on cooling rack. Turn out on cake plate by pulling away from the edges of the pan. Spoon orange juice mixture over cake to glaze. Yields: 12-24 slices depending on the size of the slice.

GREAT-GRANDMA'S LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Let eggs stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon-colored. Add to creamed mixture and beat well. Stir in lemon zest and juice. Combine flour and baking soda; add alternately with milk. In another bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into batter., Pour into two well-greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 325° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Dust tops with confectioners' sugar.