Nunscake Recipes

NUN'S CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour once, measure. Add baking powder and salt and sift three times.
• Cream shortening, gradually adding sugar. Cream thoroughly.
• Add egg yolks and unbeaten egg whites. Beat 1 minute. Combine flour mixture and milk alternately with creamed mixture.
• Beat very well. Add flavoring.
• Pour into greased springform pan with tube inset.
• Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes in moderate oven, 325 to 350 degrees.
• To remove cake, push down on tapered clamp and release spring rim.

AUNT NUN'S CAKE

Steps:

• Begin with the frosting.
• In a 2-3 Quart saucepan place 1 1/2 cup sugar, 6 tsp flour, 1 1/2 cup milk and 2 beaten eggs. Cook over medium heat stiring constantly with a wisk until mixture reaches a pudding texture. Let cool and put the pan in the regrigerator.
• Cake:.
• Put 1 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup cocoa in mixing bowl and mix well.
• Add 1/2 cup shortening and 2 well beaten eggs and continue mixing.
• Add 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla,.
• Aternately mix in 1 cup buttermilk, 2 cups flour until blended (don't over mix).
• Add 1/2 cup hot water and 1 tsp baking soda.
• Beat well and pour in greased and floured cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 min until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Allow cake to cool completely.
• Bring back the icing pan and in mixer bowl add 4 sticks of margerine and 2 tsp vanilla.
• Whip up to the consistance of icing and apply to cake.

NAN'S BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Place all the ingredients for the fruit mix in a large saucepan bring to the boil and allow to cool for about 30 minutes
• Preheat oven to 160C / Gas 3
• Add the cherries and nuts stir through
• then add eggs and mix well, add the flour and fold through the mix.
• Place the mixture in a greased and floured 8' - deep cake tin. Tie some greaseproof paper around the outside of the tin so that the paper comes over the edges of the tin or optionally place over the top about half way through baking. Bake for 2 hours but check after 1.5 hours , check to see if cooked throughly with a skewer. If not bake a little further until the skewer comes out clean from the cake. Allow to cool and either decorate with marzipan and royal icing, or dried apricots and cherries and glaze with melted apricot jam or plain is very nice too.