Picked this recipe up one year from a booth at the Texas State Fair. They were representing a “spice/extract flavoring” company. Not a fan of nutmeg so I just add more cinnamon.
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- pecans chopped
- plum fruit preserves
- buttermilk
- allspice
- nutmeg
- cinnamon
- baking soda
- salt
- flour sifted
- almond extract
- butter flavoring
- vanilla
- large eggs
- sugar
- buttermilk
- ICING:
- margarine
- sugar
- baking soda
- shortening
- vanilla
- orange extract
Pretty good if you like fruit cake…lol!
- candied cherries chopped
- Bisquick baking mix
- sugar
- dried prunes chopped
- dates chopped
- candied pineapple
- eggs
- vanilla
- dried apricots chopped
- pecans chopped
- butter as needed
Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream. Recipe from the 1960’s.
- TOPPING:
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- vanilla
- egg
- salt
- baking soda
- sugar
- flour
- brown sugar
- pecans chopped
- cinnamon
To me, most Italian Cream Cakes are dry…this one is very moist. My husbands request for his birthday cake!
- pecans chopped
- baking soda
- vanilla
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- ICING:
- powdered sugar
- vanilla
- margarine
- Angel flake coconut
- buttermilk
- flour sifted
- eggs separated
- sugar
- margarine
- cream cheese
- pecans chopped
- Crisco oil
A tart jelly like plum preserves is the best!
- salt
- baking powder
- flour sifted
- water
- vanilla
- eggs
- jelly
- sugar
- powdered sugar
This is pretty good for a “fruit cake”…lol!
- candied cherries chopped
- pecans chopped
- vanilla wafers finely crushed
- sweetened condensed milk
- dates chopped
Be sure to use the old fashioned rolled oatmeal and not the “quick” or instant 1 or 3 minute oatmeal. My family does not like coconut so we leave out the coconut in the icing, also I think the icing makes the cake moister if coconut is left out. A really great cake “the next day”.
- butter or margarine
- BROILED FROSTING:
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- chopped pecans
- vanilla
- cinnamon
- salt
- vanilla
- shortening or margarine
- granulated sugar
- light brown sugar
- evaporated milk
- baking soda
- flour
- eggs
- light brown sugar
- old fashioned rolled oats
- chopped pecans
- boiling water
This is similar to the “Shadel Cake” or “Sheath Cake”.
- sugar
- baking soda
- salt
- cocoa
- oil
- eggs beaten
- buttermilk
- hot water
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- ICING:
- cocoa
- milk
- powdered sugar
- vanilla
- butter
- flour
- pecans chopped
- devils food cake mix
- vanilla instant pudding
- mini chocolate chips
- eggs
This is the way my mother always made it and the way my husband loves it.
- brown sugar
- margarine