Recipes

I was talking with one of my blog friends about cake recipes, in particular Angel Cake.  Most recipes use so many eggs!  Even with my barn-full of chickens I shy away from those recipes -so many extra yolks.  I have a very old recipe that actually uses only 4 egg whites and thought I'd share.

Angel Cake
2 c milk                               2 c flour
2 c wt. sugar                      2 T bk powder
pinch salt                          4 egg whites, stiffly beaten


Heat milk to boiling.  Sift dry ingredients 5 times (I haven't skipped this step so I don't know if it really makes a difference).  Add milk to dry ingredients and stir till smooth.  Fold in egg whites carefully.  Pour into ungreased angel pan.  Bake 375F for 40-45 min.  Invert pan to cool.

Another yummy cake is Brown Sugar Poundcake.  It stays so nice a moist.  I love to use my fancy bundt pans with this one, just make sure the pan is big enough or you'll have a mess in your oven.   Sounds like I speak from experience, eh?

Brown Sugar Poundcake
1 c butter                      6 eggs
2 c br. sugar               1 c wt. sugar
2 2/3 c flour              2 t vanilla
1 c sour cream (I use fat free)        1/4 t bk soda

Cream butter then beat in each egg, one at a time.  Dissolve the bk. soda in the sour cream.  Alternate with the dry ingredients.  Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan (if you can find it, the Pam with flour is perfect here).

Bake 275F for 20 min then 325F for 50 min.

If you really want to make this cake yummy, add on my chocolate glaze.