this is a blog about memory keeping, funny stories & baked goods i make, and do my best not to eat. proper capitalization is always optional.

12.18.2012

tasty tuesday: granny's pound cake

Did ya miss me last week? Did you notice I was gone? :)
It was a busy week, and by the time it was over I didn't even realize I had forgotten to post!
But I'm back today with another sweet treat (it's that time of year ya know!)
This time it's my grandmother's pound cake recipe.
My mom, one of her sisters, and I got together this weekend for our 7th annual memorial pound cake baking.
We've been baking pound cakes every Christmas since 2005.
It's a twist on an old tradition, that it just wouldn't feel like Christmas without.
My granny never had much money, and with 6 kids, and 15 grandkids, she turned to her baking talents for Christmas gifts.
Every Christmas she would spend days, weeks probably, baking a minimum of 2 pound cakes for each family..
and then extras for friends & family.
It was a definite labor of love.
In 2005 when she passed away my mom & aunts decided to carry on making them in her memory.
Her birthday was December 15th and she LOVED Christmas.
So we do this to celebrate her life & her memory.





plain pound cake:-1 cup crisco
-1 stick butter
-3 cups sugar
-5 eggs
-3 cups flour
-1/2 tsp baking powder
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 cup milk
-3 tsp vanilla

preheat oven to 300.

1. mix flour, baking powder & salt. set aside
2. in separate bowl cream crisco, butter & sugar. add eggs, one at a time.
3. combine dry mixture with wet mixture.
4. add milk & vanilla.
5. pour into greased loaf pan. bake 1 hour & 15 minutes.


chocolate pound cake

-1 cup crisco
-1 stick butter
-3 cups sugar
-5 eggs
-1 tsp vanilla
-1 1/2 cups milk
-3 cups flour
-1/2 tsp salt
-1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
-1/2 tsp baking powder

preheat oven to 300.

1. mix flour, salt, cocoa powder & baking powder. set aside.
2. in separate bowl cream crisco, butter & sugar. add eggs.
3. combine wet mixture & dry mixture.
4. add milk & vanilla.
5. pour into greased loaf pan. bake 1 hour & 15 minutes.

marbled pound cake:

1. make one of each of the above recipes.
2. in greased loaf pan alternate dropping batter by spoonfuls in bottom of pan. (should look like a checkerboard)
3. for the next layer drop alternating colors on top of the first layer.
4. once pan is full, take butter knife & insert into pan swirling batters. DO NOT OVER MIX!
5. bake @ 300 for 1 hour & 15 minutes.
We typically make one of each batch. Then mix them together. Each batch makes of Vanilla & Chocolate makes two loafs, together they make four. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays!!
xo-k

12.04.2012

tasty tuesday: coffee mug cake


 (image via prudent baby)


holy cow.
sometimes you have to have something sweet.
and sometimes you gotta give in...
and when you gotta give in, you need something good, and fast.
this coffee mug cake is the ticket.

i shared prudent baby's picture, because, well it's just better than mine.
my coffee cake looked homely, but man it hit the spot this morning.
here's a link to the recipe.
take a look, you won't regret it.

happy tuesday!
xo-k

ps. i've done the egg, and eggless version. both are good, but for a more 'cake-like' experience, go for 1/2 a scrambled egg!

12.03.2012

music monday: mumford & sons

it was hard to narrow down a song & video to share this week!
i am such a music lover (like a TON of people, duh.).
i couldn't make it through the day without spotify or itunes or the radio.
music gets me up and moving, or helps me make sense of the crazy noise in my head.

this weeks selection is a feel good tune from the new mumford & sons album babel.
it's called 'i will wait'.
this video is live at red rocks, and it has this crazy good vibe.
perfect way to motivate you on monday ;)



happy monday!
xo-k
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