HomeMy WebLinkAboutChristmastime Cookbook, 1980-11-13, Page 37CHOCOLATE ALMOND CHEESE CAKE
In a bowl combine
l‘/2 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
1 cup blanched almonds, lightly toasted
and chopped
'A cup sugar
6 tbsp, butter (softened)
Put onto the bottom and sides of a
buttered 9'/2 inch spring form pan. In a
large bowl cream together
1 'A pounds cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
Beat in 4 eggs, 1 at a time, beating well
after each additon. Add 'A cup heavy
cream, % cup almond flavoured liquer (or
any other chocolate or mint flavoured
liquer) and 1 tsp. vanilla nd beat the
mixture until it is light. Pour the batter
into the shell and bake 375° for 30
minutes. Transfer to rack and let stand
for 5 minutes. (The cake will not be set).
In a bowl combine
2 cups sour cream
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp. vanilla.
Spread this mixture evenly on the cake
and bake for 5 minutes more. Transfer
the cake to the rack, let it cool completely
and chill lightly covered, overnight.
Remove the sides of the pan and transfer
to a cake stand, and press slivered
almonds, lightly toasted, around the top
edge. Rhea Hamilton
Auburn
CHRISTMAS CAKE
Leave out overnight 1 lb. butter creamed
Add
2'A cups brown sugar
6 eggs one at a time
2lA cups buttermilk keep ‘/j cup out
Dissolve 1 tsp. soda in ‘/j cup buttermilk
Prepare fruit: 2 lbs. seedless raisins
1 lb. currants
1 lb. dates
2 pkgs, almonds & walnuts
Take 4*/2 cups all purpose flour and put
in:
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. mace
*/2 lb. mixed peel
3 pineapple rings
'A tsp. cloves
1 tsp. nutmeg
Red & green glace cherries
2 tsp. cream of tarter
Wash currants, raisins and dates.
Flour fruit. Cream of tartar mixed in with
flour and spices. Bake at 325° for half
hour then turn down to 300° for 2-4
hours.
Mrs. Gerald Mayburry
Listowel
WHITE FRUIT CAKE
'A lb. butter
1 cup white sugar
3 eggs beaten separately
'A cup milk
2 cups sifted flour
'A tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. almond flavouring
1 tsp. lemon flavouring
1 lb. seedless white raisins
4 oz. mixed peel
4 coloured pineapple rings, cut
'A lb. red and green cherries
4 oz. blanched almonds
Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites last.
Bake in middle size wedding cake tins for
2 hours at 275°.
Ella Carter
Blyth
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