Combine, stir, and heat in a double boiler until smooth:
1/4 c butter
1/2 c brown sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/3 c cream or evaporated milk
Cool slightly and beat in enough icing sugar (2 c ish) to get the consistency right.
Can also add:
1/2 tsp vanilla or 1 tsp rum
1/2 c chopped nutmeats
9 egg whites
3 c sifted all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 c sugar
9 egg yolks
2 c butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
confectioner’s sugar (I skipped this part)
Warm egg whites to room temperature. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and lightly flour 10 inch tube pan. Mix flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually beat in 1 c sugar, 1/4 c at a time, beating after each addition. Continue beating until soft peaks form when beater is slowly raised. Set aside. Beat yolks with remaining c of sugar, butter, and vanilla. Once smooth, mix in the flour mixture, and resmoothen. Mix in egg white mixture carefully, until just blended. Turn into prepared cake pan. Bake 65 minutes, or until it passes the toothpick test. Let cool 15 minutes. Loosen around edges, and turn cake out of pan.
One of the ways in which this was enjoyed was moderately thin slices with peanut butter and jelly.
Make Zwieback crust, line pan with it. Chill the crust.
Preheat oven to 375.
Mix well and pour into crust:
2 beaten eggs
3/4 lb soft cream cheese
1/2 c sugar
1 tsp lemon juice or 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven.
Cool to room temperature. Heat oven to 425.
Mix well and pour over cake:
1 1/2 c sour cream
2 T sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
Bake 5 minutes. Cool. Refrigerate 6-12 hours. (Lean much further to 12.)
Crush or grind fine or crumb in a blender – 1 1/2 c crumbs
Stir into crumbs into well blended:
1/4 – 1/2 c confectioner’s sugar
6 T melted butter
(1 tsp cinnamon)
Makes 1 9″ single crust.
1 3/4 c flour
2 T sugar
1 T baking powder
1/2 tsp orange peel
3 T butter
3/4 c milk
Topping:
2 pts strawberries
1 T OJ
1 T sugar
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, orange peel. Pastry-blend in butter. Stir in milk. Roll dough. Cut biscuits. Bake 12-15 minutes.
Once cooled, combine ingredients for topping, place on top on a halved biscuit, perhaps add whipped cream.
Combine:
1 c all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
Combine:
1/4 c butter, softened
1/2 c sugar
Combine and add to wet:
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 c plain yogurt
2 c apples, cored and sliced
Topping:
1/3 c flour
1/4 c brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c butter, softened
Add dry slowly to wet, mixing well. Put batter in a 9 inch pan. Lay apples over the top. make topping. Crumble that over the apples. Cook at 350 for 20-30 minutes.