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Dutch Coffee Cake

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Dutch Coffee Cake

Course: after church coffee hour, Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: Dutch
Keyword: cake, coffee cake
Author: Mrs. Hils

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • nutmeg
  • cinnamon
  • brown sugar
  • 1 tsp lard
  • ¾ cup raisins
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk

Instructions

  • Sift together dry ingredients 4 times.
  • Into this rub 1 tsp of butter and 1 of lard.
  • Take out a little for crumbs on top.
  • Add raisins and 1 egg in a cup filled with milk.
  • Mix well.
  • Put in a pan.
  • Sprinkle with crumbs, cinnamon, and brown sugar
  • Bake in a moderate (350°-400°) oven for about 35 minutes

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Russian Paska

 

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Russian Paska

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Russian
Keyword: cheese, Paska
Author: Mrs. S. E. Nepokroeff

Ingredients

  • 5 lbs. of cottage cheese
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • ½ cup raisins
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 lb. of almond bleached
  • 2 teaspoonful of vanilla
  • ½ pint of light cream
  • 2 orange rind
  • 2 lemon rind
  • ½ lb. butter

Instructions

  • Take the cottage cheese and put through a sieve or a strainer.
  • Run it through or mash it through.
  • Mash the butter with it.
  • Put sugar, eggs, and cream,
  • Wash your raisins and put them in.
  • Chop the almonds finely, grate the orange rind and lemon rind and put all the rest of things together and mix well.
  • Put into a cloth napkin and place it into a wooden form.
  • Put something heavy on the top and place something under it to drain overnight.
  • Ready to serve the next day.
  • Serve with raisin bread or crackers.

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Hot Fudge Pudding

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Hot Fudge Pudding

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, fudge
Author: Dorothea Breitenbach

Ingredients

Sift

  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup sugar

Stir in about

  • 6 tablespoons milk
  • 1½ tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • 1 cup light brown sugar

Topping

  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1¾ cup hot Water

Instructions

  • Spread batter in a well-buttered square pan.
  • Mix 1 cup light brown sugar with 4 tablespoons cocoa.
  • Spread over batter, over this pour 1 3/4 cup hot water, and bake at 350° about 45 minutes.
  • Serve with Whipped cream or plain.

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Blitzkuchen (German Coffee Cake)

 

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Blitzkuchen

Course: after church coffee hour, Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: German
Keyword: coffee cake
Author: Matilda Joerg

Ingredients

Coffee Cake dough

  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 4 egg yolks
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Topping

  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Mix coffee cake dough ingredients together and put the dough in the pan.
  • Beat the egg whites stiff and add 1 cup of sugar.
  • put egg whites & sugar mixture over top.
  • Bake.
  • Serve with whipped cream.

Notes

This recipe is an example of one of the main differences between current and truly vintage recipes- no oven temperature or indication of how long to bake for. 
I would suggest starting at 350º for 20 minutes and adding time from there.

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