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Homemade Buttermilk Pound Cake Recipe

A tasty homemade buttermilk pound cake topped with powdered sugar..

It all started around Thanksgiving. Each year I buy a half-gallon of buttermilk to make the biscuits and cornbread that go into my homemade cornbread dressing. The rest of the year I use regular milk in those recipes, but for Thanksgiving and Christmas I “splurge” on some buttermilk. It tastes richer I think and it’s […]

Rhubarb Cake Recipe

Here's my recipe for an old-fashioned German Rhubarb cake. Always a big hit around here with a cup of coffee.

I am looking for a cake that my mother used to make. It was a little like apfel kuchen (apple cake) but it had rubarb on it. She made it when we were stationed in Minnesota and we had lots of wild rhubarb around the farmhouse we were renting. Any ideas would be appreciated. Patricia […]

Old Fashioned Blueberry Buckle

I’m looking for a blueberry buckle recipe from twenty five years ago. I remember that it had a topping on it like a crumb mixture as for a pie. – Thalia From The Hillbilly Housewife Buckles are a favorite around here. They are the cousins of coffee cakes and the blueberry kind is my very […]

Homemade Red Velvet Cake Recipe

2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cup sugar 3 tsp cocoa 1 tsp baking powder 3 eggs 1 cup buttermilk 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil 2ozs red food coloring 1 tbsp vinegar Combine all dry ingredients and sift.Using your mixer, add eggs and buttermilk and mix for 2 minutes. Then add oil and food coloring […]

Easy Carrot Cake Recipe

Using a box mix (or my own simple yellow cake recipe) makes this a very easy carrot cake recipe. The 2 cups of carrots are just enough to give this cake that special texture and sweet flavor. The salad dressing ensures that the cake stays moist and of course the frosting tops it all off. […]

Cranberry Bundt Cake Recipe

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened 1-1/2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract 3 cups all-purpose flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) sour cream 1 can (16 ounces) whole-berry cranberry sauce 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar 4-1/2 teaspoons water […]