Family Reunion Size Southern Sweet Bread Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter & sugar till light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix flour, salt & baking powder in a separate bowl.
• 2. Alternately add flour mixture gradually with milk to creamed mixture. Then add extracts & yellow food coloring if using, and beat until blended. Pour into a well greased & lightly floured 9 X 13 X2 inch pan, and bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for about 45 to 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Can also be baked in a Bundt pan or Loaf Pan, as you desire.
• 3. NOTE: She called it sweet bread, because it could satisfy a sweet tooth I suppose, even though she didn't have the ingredients to make a frosting. With a long pan there was enough for all 13 of us, Mom & Dad plus 11 kids to at least each have a piece. We loved this rare treat that made supper special. Have you ever heard of sweet bread, or was it just at our house in Arkansas?

Steps:

• Please note if you are not using the White Lily all purpose flour, omit the extra 3/4 cup flour. Because the HEART SYMBOLIZES LOVE, I CHOSE TO bake the main cake in the HEART shaped pan, then the remaining batter in loaf pans to be sliced and arranged around the HEART CAKE FOR THE TABLE DISPLAY. Many friends and family remembered having this cake in years past, and loved it. This is MAMA'S BASIC Recipe just in a larger size for a large gathering.
• For this recipe, I use a 11 cup capacity Heart shaped Pan , and 3 Disposable loaf pans that were approximately 3 inches X 8 inches. Between the 4 pans they were enough to accommodate this size recipe. The amount in the above recipe is what this recipe made. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream the Butter with the sugar till light & fluffy.
• Then add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each has been added. I am showing 8 but I did add 10.
• Measure out the flour into a medium size bowl then add the salt, and baking powder, then stir to blend together & set aside till needed.
• Alternately add the flour to the creamed mixture with the evaporated milk.
• Now add the extracts and yellow food coloring if using, and beat till blended together.
• Prepare pans with Bakers Joy or grease with butter and dust with flour, and remove excess flour. Then fill pans leaving at least 1 1/2 to 2 inches from the top of pan, to allow for the batter to rise during cooking. Pour batter into cake pans and bake in preheated 350 degrees F. oven for approximately 45 to 50 minutes for the smaller loaf pans, and the Heart shaped pan required more time about 55 minutes to an hour. Test with toothpick to make sure it comes out clean before removing from oven. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
• Serve plain or with fresh fruit if desired. The loaves are to be sliced and arranged around the heart shaped pan. I added fresh strawberries to the center of the cake, can use peaches, or Blueberries or what ever you like.
• I ordered the Heart shaped Pan from Amazon it is called THE CROWN OF HEARTS CAKE PAN AND HOLDS 11 CUPS OF BATTER.