Baking Recipes - Are You Ready For A good Thing?

When I feel about bake sale recipes I think of homemade desserts made with the freshest elements and made largely by my grandmother. These are recipes that I've cherished and cherished through the years as a result of they were my grandmother's unique recipes from her personal assortment.

Remember when your grandmother used to make her well-known desserts for potluck and for the church annual bake sale? What about recipes she made for club conferences and when the minister came over for Sunday dinner. Remember these recipes?

Bake gross sales recipes had been once massive within the South and had been typically handed down from one era to the subsequent. The problem is that it is actually hard to come throughout such a set.

When I used to be a younger woman, I remember climbing within the kitchen chair and watching my grandmother put collectively her famous desserts. She measured elements, sifted components and stirred all of them together in a large bowl. On the time, I didn't know precisely what she was mixing together and i never thought that one day these recipes would be a part of a treasured collection that would be enjoyed for years to come back.

These recipes weren't just mendacity across the home. Before my grandmother died, she gave some of her most treasured recipes to my mom who ultimately shared them with my older sister and that i. Well, I suppose I used to be among the lucky ones. And many of those recipes were not even written down, however had been verbally exchanged so if the proprietor passed away, then it was almost impossible to get these really good recipes.

Today I am going to share with you two of my grandmother's favourite recipes that she used to make for her church bake sale.

Cinnamon Pound Cake

2 sticks margarine, softened

2 c. sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

2 c. flour

1/2 pt. bitter cream

1 tsp. Vanilla extract

1/2 c. pecans, chopped

1 tsp. cinnamon

four tbsp. brown sugar

In a big bowl, cream margarine and sugar. In a small bowl, mix pecans, cinnamon and brown sugar together. Add baking powder, flour, sour cream and vanilla. Bake at 325 levels for about 55 to 65 minutes. Sprinkle cinnamon mixture over batter; then add relaxation of the batter. Mix nicely. Put half the batter in a greased and floured tube pan. Add eggs, one at a time, beating nicely after each addition.

Recipe Note: This recipe could be very old, yet very scrumptious. It fills the kitchen with a wonderful aroma of cinnamon and brown sugar. This recipe brings back such fond memories of my grandmother. Absolutely delicious. You will need to strive it!

Southern Apple Torte

Recipe Excerpt from Soul Food Lovers' Cookbook

copyright 2007 by Cassandra Harrell

2 cups flour

1 egg yolk

Cream margarine and sugar, add vanilla and egg yolk. Baked at 350 degrees till light brown. Blend in flour; combine well. Spread dough into backside and lower sides of a 9 X 13-inch pan.

In Separate Bowl:

2 (8-ounce) pkg. cream cheese, softened

Combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Mix Well. Pour into baked crust.

2 to three medium apples, peeled and thinly sliced

2/three cup sugar

Place apples over cream cheese layer. Sprinkle over cream cheese mixture. Baked at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool. Substitution: 1 can pie apples. Combine sugar and cinnamon.

Recipe Note: This is one among my favourite desserts to make. It is a effectively put together dessert that's extraordinarily good and it goes properly for any occasion.