100 Year Old Pork Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Grease and flour 2 bundt pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Put pork and raisins in a large mixing bowl (6qt.+) and pour hot coffee over them; Set aside allowing some time to cool.
• Sift together all measured dry ingredients; Mix in walnuts.
• Stir pork mixture carefully in case the coffee is still hot. Slowly begin to add sifted dry ingredients with walnuts and combine together thoroughly.
• Mix in applesauce and citron.
• Pour into greased and floured bundt pans. Bake for 1-1/2 to two hours or until done.

Steps:

• 1. Put pork thru grinder, pour boiling water over it and let stand until lukewarm.
• 2. Stir in sugar, spices, soda, well beaten egg and molasses.
• 3. Sift flour and add to fruit and then to pork mix. Stir until well blended.
• 4. Pour into well greased baking pan and bake 2 hours in a 300 degree oven or until done.
• 5. Gramma Note: This cake can be eaten as soon as baked and cooled, or it will keep for weeks. Good for outdoors picnics.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together.
• Combine the above mixture with eggs, sugar, and oil in a large mixing bowl.
• Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Mash drained beans and pineapple to the mixture. You could use a blender for this part and probably would be better to get a smooth bean mixture.
• Bake 30-35 minutes until toothpick test comes out clean.
• Cool for 25 minutes.
• Topping:.
• Mix all ingredients except 1/2 of the pecans; spread between layers, or if a bundt cake style, over the whole thing.
• Once icing on top, sprinkle remaining pecans.

Steps:

• 1. Grind salt pork(all fat) Pour boiling water over and let stand till lukewarm. Stir in sugar, molasses, egg, soda and spices. Add flour and raisins. Mix well. Pour in well greased tube or deep loaf pans. Bake in 300^ oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or till tested done. --- Easy Method: Reduce water to 1 cup For the salt pork -substitute 1 cup shortening 1 teas. salt 9 oz. condensed mincemeat and prepare with remaining ingredients above Follow according to directions above for baking.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 8x4 inch loaf pans, then line with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean. After removing them from the oven, immediately loosen cake edges with a knife. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans. Strip off the parchment paper and cool completely on wire racks.