Best Moms Cake Recipes

MOMS DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Make a hole in the sifted ingredients, add 4TBs Crisco...Pour 1C. BOILING water to which 1tsp Baking soda has been added into the ingredients. Mix but DO NOT beat, then add:
• 2. 1tsp Vanilla Extract 1 Beaten Egg
• 3. Mix in, but don't beat.
• 4. Bake 35~45min at 350^ Makes about 1 1/2 dozen cup cakes or small sheet cake. Double for 3 dozen cup cakes or large pan.

MY MOMS ORANGE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Beat egg yolks till light. Beat in sugar till mixture is fluffy.
• 2. Stir in orange rind and orange juice alternately with flour and salt mixture. Beat well after each addition.
• 3. Beat egg whites till frothy, sprinkle in cream of tartar and beat eggs whites till they hold peaks.
• 4. Gently fold egg yolk mixture into egg white mixture. Pour into ungreased 10 inch tube pan.
• 5. Bake 1 hour at 350 degree oven. Let cake cool before removing from pan.
• 6. Orange Frosting:
• 7. Cream butter till light, add orange rind. Stir in sugar alternately with orange juice beat until smooth and fluffy.
• 8. Spread on top and sides of cake.

MOMS CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• There are many versions of this recipe, this one we like the best for our family! Beat margarine,oil and sugar well.
• Beat in eggs, vanilla and sour milk.
• Sift dry ingredients and beat into mixture. Stir in zucchini.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured tube or Bundt pan.
• Sprinkle top of batter with chips ( Or could stir into batter if you wish ) Bake in a 325F oven 40 to 45 minutes or tested done. Cool in pan 15 minutes and carefully remove to finish cooling.Sprinkle with powder sugar if desired.
• Freezes well and tastes wonderful!

MOMS RUM CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325.
• 2. Spray a bundt pan well with nonstick spray for baking. Sprinkle the chopped nuts in the bottom of the pan.
• 3. Mix the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, water, eggs, vanilla extract and rum until well mixed about 2 minutes.
• 4. Pour over the pecans in the bundt pan. Bake at 325 for 40-60 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for about 30 minutes before removing from pan.
• 5. For the glaze melt butter in a saucepan combine with confectioners sugar and rum or rum extract.
• 6. Mix until smooth adding 1/2 tablespoon milk at a time until it's thin enough to pour over cake but not to thin.
• 7. You will probably need more of the milk if you use the rum extract instead of the actual rum since you use less.
• 8. Pour the glaze over the cake letting it run down and over the sides. If your glaze is thick enough your glaze won't run a whole lot. Dot the top and down the sides a little with the pecan halves.

MOMS BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• 1. mix sugar and flour in a large bowl
• 2. heat the butter, cocoa powder and water over low heat until well mixed, pour over dry ingredients
• 3. Mix extra well
• 4. add next five (5) ingredients mixing well after each item-this batter gets stiff and then loosens up a little-blew up a mixer making 6 of these for my nieces wedding.
• 5. pour into a greased an floured pan-I use 11 x 13 inch glass pan-and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
• 6. While the cake is baking melt the butter, cocoa powder, buttermilk and vanilla in a pan on the stove-use the one you used originally why clean more than one pan?
• 7. Mix in powdered sugar until thick.
• 8. Once cake is done poke it with a knife or fork ALL OVER-mom said if you don't get enough holes the cake is no good-While cake and frosting are still hot pour frosting over cake.
• 9. Leave cake and all in the pan until halfway cool-that is usually when I give in because the kids have whined so much-cut and serve. I like it warm with ice cream on it.

MOMS CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and oil; add eggs, vanilla, and sour milk Add dry ingredients stir in zucchini . Pour in 9x13 greased pan Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 325 35 to 45 minutes

MOMS CHEESE CAKE (LEMON SPONGE CAKE)

Steps:

• In top of double boiler, (or in a pan) cook lemon juice, 4 egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar stir constantly until thick; set aside. dissolve lemon jello in hot water; set aside until cool. Combine the two mixtures and whip; let cool. Whip the 4 egg whites, add the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar. Whip the whipping cream according to directions; fold all together. Put the crushed wafers in bottom of cake pan, saving back some for topping. Pour batter over wafers and sprinkle with remaining crushed wafers. Chill in refrigerator overnight.

MOMS OATMEAL CAKE MY WAY

Steps:

• 1. Turn oven on 350* Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan Put all ingredients in mixer bowl and mix together.
• 2. These were not put in the recipe but must be added. Add 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 2 eggs and 1 1/2 cup boiling water---this will be very thin batter.
• 3. Mix up the topping and drop into the batter with a tablespoon. leaving a space in between. when you have the topping all in the batter, put in oven and bake for 60 min. This is a great cake and each serving will have a bit of the topping in each one. It doesn't need to be frosted but you could serve with cool whip or Ice Cream.

MOMS YUMMY DUMP CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 360 degrees.
• 2. Grease a 13x9 inch pan.
• 3. Dump the drained pineapple into the pan and spread evenly.
• 4. Dump Cherry topping and spread evenly.
• 5. Dump dry cake mix onto cherry layer.
• 6. Sprinkle nuts on top ( I prefer pecans )
• 7. Dot butter over the top.
• 8. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.

MOMS LIME CAKE

Steps:

• In a bundt cake pan or 9 by 13, bake cake as directed on package.
• When cake cools spread cool whip on top of cake.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE (MOMS)

Steps:

• Cream the shortening and sugar. Beat egg yolk and add. Sift dry ingred. together and add alternately with pineapple juice. Add vanilla. Fold in egg white.
• Melt brown sugar and butter in cake pan (8" or 9") Place the pineapple rings or crushed pineapple over this and pour the cake batter over all. Bake 30-40 min. at 350 degree oven ( depending on which size pan your use)
• Top with cool whip or whipped cream. My mom put maraschino cherries in middle of the pineapple rings. When you turn out the cake pan it looks so pretty.

MOMS POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and Crisco; gradually add sugar, beating well after each. Add eggs one at a time, beating well agter each egg. Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with eggnog, beginning and ending with flour and making sure it is blended after each. Stir in coconut and vanilla, lemon, coconut extracts. Pour batter in greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove and place on plate. I then poke holes with toothpick and make a glaze of Confectioner sugar and milk. Enjoy very good!!

MOM MOMS JEWISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• peel, core, and prepare apples Grease and flour tube pan. Put 1/2 cake batter in pan and cover with half apple mixture. Add remaining batter and top with remaining apples. Bake at 350 for 1 3/4 hr.