Old Fashioned Cookbook
Who: Palestine Bi-Centennial Committee, Palestine, IL
Cost: $6, including shipping
Details: soft-backed, staple-bound
Pages of recipes: 32
Send checks to: Judy Beckes, 8916 N St. Hwy. 33, Palestine, IL 62451
1961 Jam Cake
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 Cups Sugar
- 1 Cup Shortening
- 3 Cups Flour
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Cup Sour milk
- 1 Teaspoon Ground cloves
- 1 Cup Jam
- 3/4 Cup Raisins or nuts
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 Teaspoon Allspice
- 6 Tablespoons Butter melted
- 1/4 Cup Milk
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 1/2 Cup Brown sugar
- 1 Cup Coconut
- 1/2 Cup Nuts
Instructions
- Mix sugar, shortening, flour, eggs, milk, cloves, jam, raisins or nuts, baking soda and allspice together. Pour into a 9x13-inch cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Top with brown sugar icing. Brown Sugar Icing: Cook butter, milk, vanilla, brown sugar, coconut and nuts together on the stovetop until thick.
