Mother Kossmans White Nut Cake Recipes

SWEDISH NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, 1/2 cup nuts and baking soda. Add eggs, pineapple and 2 teaspoons vanilla . Beat until smooth and pour into 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 to 50 minutes. Spread icing on hot cake.
• For the icing: In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine, cream cheese, 1 teaspoon vanilla and confectioners sugar until light and fluffy. Fold in 1/2 cup nuts. Spread on hot cake.

MARASCHINO CHERRY NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans or one 9x13-inch cake pan.
• Reserve 1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice. Coarsely chop the cherries to make 1/2 cup. Set aside.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and set aside.
• Beat shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium high speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1 1/3 cups white sugar and beat until well combined. Add the egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Combine 2/3 cup milk and reserved 1/4 cup cherry juice. Add the flour and milk mixture alternately to the shortening mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until just combined. Stir in the chopped cherries and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• In preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger or a tester comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes for round cakes (or 30 to 35 minutes for a 9x13 inch pan). Cool cakes in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to cool completely.
• To make frosting: beat 3/4 cups butter in a large bowl till fluffy. Gradually add 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar; beat well. Slowly beat in 1/3 cup milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Gradually beat in the remaining 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar. Beat in additional milk (1 to 2 tablespoons) if needed, to make frosting of spreading consistency. If desired, tint the frosting pink by adding 6 drops of red food coloring.
• Once cake is completely cool, frost with butter frosting and decorate with maraschino cherries with stems.

WHITE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Chop pineapple, raisins, and cherries. Combine chopped fruit with currants, orange peel, and citron; soak in orange juice overnight.
• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Place a small pan of water in the oven. Line one 5x9 inch loaf pan and two 3x8 inch loaf pans with parchment or doubled waxed paper.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioner's sugar. Stir in beaten egg yolks. Stir in fruit, juice, and pecans. Mix in sifted flour.
• In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites to peaks. Fold into batter. Fill pans 2/3 full.
• Bake for 2 to 2 1/2 hours until golden brown, or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

MOM'S FAVORITE WHITE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk. Pour into two greased 6-in. round baking pans. , Bake at 350° for 18-22 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. , In a microwave, melt vanilla chips; stir until smooth. Set aside to cool slightly. In a small bowl, combine topping mix and milk. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes or until thickened. Beat in jam and melted chips until blended. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes or until frosting achieves a spreading consistency. , For filling, in a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup frosting with strawberries and pineapple. Place one cake layer on a serving plate; spread with filling. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. Store in the refrigerator.

FRANKLIN NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten eggs and 3 cups flour with baking powder and salt added. Mix remaining 1 cup of flour with chopped nuts and chopped candied fruits. Mix into batter and add vanilla. Grease, flour, and line a large tube pan. Pour mixture into pan. Bake at 250 for 3 hours. Let cool for an hour. Remove from pan and place in a covered container with a glass of sherry, so the cake and wine "get to know each other". Let sit for 4 days until the sherry flavor permeates the cake. Slice thin.

LOW SUGAR MOCHA NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the hot water and instant coffee. Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, cocoa, dry milk, baking powder and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine, brown sugar, and sugar substitute with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla; beat for 1 minute. Mix the flour mixture into the creamed mixture, alternately with the coffee. Stir in the nuts. Beat at medium speed until smooth. Pour the batter into a 9 inch square pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 30 minutes, or until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan. Cool on a wire rack.

OLD WITCHES MAGIC PUMPKIN NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Beat together eggs, oil, water and pumpkin.
• Add flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins and walnuts.
• Mix and pour into 2 loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 for 1 1/4 hours.
• Cool, then remove from pans.
• Beat together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and icing sugar.
• Spread over cakes.
• Sprinkle with chopped walnuts if desired.

SWEDISH NUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine all ingredients through the pineapple.
• Mix by hand until, do not use a mixed.
• Mix well.
• Pour into greased 13x9 pan.
• Bake 350 for 30-35 minutes.
• Cool.
• Mix remaining ingredients together for frosting until smooth and creamy.
• Frost cooled cake.
• Store in refrigerator.

MOTHER'S WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, shortening and granulated sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and vanilla. Beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in ground walnuts. , Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter. Add confectioners' sugar; mix well. Beat in vanilla until smooth. Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with walnuts. Refrigerate.

CHOCO NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Make the cake. Grease bottom and sides of an 8" round pan and set aside.
• In a bowl, combine coconut, condensed milk, and egg white. Mix thoroughly. Transfer coconut mixture to a sheet of plastic wrap. Roll the coconut and form into a rope measuring about 18". Wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In another bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add melted chocolate and vanilla extract. Beat batter until smooth.
• Add flour mixture to batter alternately with the yogurt. Pour batter into prepared pan. Unwrap the coconut and form into a circle. Arrange the coconut rope on the center of cake batter.
• Bake in preheated oven about one hour or until cake tester inserted in the center comes clean. Let cool.
• Make the glaze. In a saucepan, combine sugar and water and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add cocoa powder and vanilla extract and stir until smooth. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Bursh the cooled cake with the glaze. Refrigerate until the glaze is set before serving.

KOSSMAN'S BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar. add bananas and yolks
• Beat egg whites until stiff.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add vanilla and milk to creamed mixture.( i also added teaspoon of lemon juice for baking soda).
• Add dry mixture.
• Fold in whites.
• Pour into greased cake pan.
• Bake in 350 degree oven until the cake springs back when touched. i used bundt pan and it took 40 minutes but 9x13 is 30 minutes.

MOTHER KOSSMANS WHITE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• cream sugar and shortening.
• beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• sift dry ingredients together
• add to creamed miixture
• add milk and vanilla
• add nuts
• fold in egg whites gently DONT OVERMIX.
• pour into greased floured 9x13 cake pan
• BAKE AT 300 DEGREES FOR 30 TO 35 MINUTES TIL TOOTHPICK COMES CLEAN.