Best Aunt Esthers Favorite Cake Recipes

AUNT ESTHER'S SECRET RUM CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300. Grease tube pan with removable bottom. Add a ring of wax paper to bottom of pan to ease release after cooking.
• Beat butter and sugar thoroughly. Add yolks.
• In another bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda.
• Alternately add flour mixture and sour cream to butter mixture.
• Add extracts and rum, if desired.
• In separate chilled bowl, beat whites to stiff peaks.
• Fold whites into batter.
• Spoon into pan.
• Coat top with additional sugar.
• Bake at 300 for 1.5 to 2 hours until cake tester comes out clean.

BEST POUND CAKE EVER... SERIOUSLY!

Steps:

• 1. In a standing mixer, beat the butter and sugar.
• 2. Add eggs one at a time.
• 3. Add the vanilla.
• 4. In a bowl, combine the salt, baking powder, and flour.
• 5. Add the flour mixture and milk, alternately.
• 6. Beat for 20 minutes. (Note: I have only beaten for another 5-10 minutes and it's fine.)
• 7. Place batter in a greased and floured tube pan.
• 8. Place in cold oven and set temperature to 350 degrees. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• 9. Remove cake from oven very carefully and place it carefully where it can cool. You want to prevent it from dropping. Enjoy this easy to make, moist and yummy pound cake!

LEMON-BUTTERMILK POUND CAKE WITH AUNT EVELYN'S LEMON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Beat white sugar and 1 1/2 cups butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, thoroughly beating each egg into the butter mixture before adding the next.
• Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture; mix well. Pour in 1/2 the buttermilk and beat until combined. Repeat adding the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk, beating well after each addition, and ending with the flour mixture. Stir lemon extract into batter. Pour batter into prepared tube pan.
• Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Bake in the oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a cake platter or plate.
• Beat confectioner's sugar, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons butter, and lemon zest together in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Pour about half the glaze over the cake; let cool. Pour remaining glaze over the cake.

AUNT FAYE'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray tube bundt pan generously with Baker's Joy.
• 2. Mix ingredients for cake together until smooth. Do not overmix.
• 3. Pour batter into pan and bake for 55 -65 minutes until done (Use the fork or tooth pick test). Allow to cool for about 10-15 minutes and invert to serving dish.
• 4. While cake is cooling mix powdered sugar and lemon juice to desired texture. It is only a glaze, so it should been a thick nectar consistency.
• 5. Pour glaze over cake a little at a time spreading with the back of a spoon allowing it to soak into the still warm cake.
• 6. Serve warm or room temperature.....it doesn't matter!

AUNT ESTHER'S FAVORITE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Use one pan (8X8) ungreased, the pan in which you are going to bake the cake .
• 2. Sift into pan the flour, cocoa, sugar, salt and baking soda.
• 3. Add the vinegar, vanilla and melted shortening.
• 4. Pour warm water over all.
• 5. Beat well, using a fork to clean the corners of the pan.
• 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes until cake springs back or toothpick is clean.
• 7. Let cake cool and then frost or use the 10x and the doily.