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Hometown
Recipes
Magical
Desserts
Upside-down and pudding
cakes are old-fashioned desserts that seem
to perform a sleight of hand in the oven.
Upside-down cakes, assembled in lay
ers in a cast-iron skillet, are flipped over
when done to reveal a finely textured cake
on the bottom and a moist gooey sauce
on top. Pudding cakes are assembled like
traditional cakes, but while baking, the
cake rises to the top and a creamy pudding
sinks to the bottom.
This week, American Profile presents two
cake recipes that allow you to perform
some culinary magic of your own.
Glenda Barber, of St. James, Mo., sent
us the recipe for Lemon Pudding Cake.
“This is an old recipe from my mother. She
took it to family reunions every year, and
there were never any leftovers," she says.
Fudge Upside-Down Cake is another
recipe passed from mother to daughter.
Kay Carmans mother made this cake
many times as Carman was growing up.
“It was a recipe that probably came from
a farm newspaper, as we lived on a farm,"
says the resident of Philpot, Ky.
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Lemon Pudding Cake
3 tablespoons butter, room
temperature
I cup sugar
4 eggs, room temperature
V 2 cup fresh lemon juice
Vc teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
I cup milk
Fresh raspberries
1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Lightly grease a 9-by
5-inch loaf pan or a 6-cup souffle dish.
2. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Separate
eggs yolks and whites. Add yolks to butter
mixture and beat well. Add lemon juice, salt
and flour; beat well. Add milk; stir until well
blended.
3. Beat egg whites until stiff. Gently fold into
lemon mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 50 minutes, covering with foil during the
last 10 minutes if the top gets too brown. Serve
warm or chilled with raspberries. Serves 6.
Fudge Upside-Down Cake
Cake:
2 tablespoons butter
or margarine
% cup granulated
sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking
powder
'A teaspoon salt
I cup milk
V 2 cup chopped walnuts
I teaspoon vanilla
extract
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a large cast-iron
skillet or 13-by-9-inch pan.
2. To prepare the cake, melt butter and pour into a
large bowl. Add sugar and cocoa; mix well. Combine
flour, baking powder and salt. Add to butter mixture
alternately with milk. Add walnuts and vanilla. Pour
into pan.
3. To prepare the sauce, combine sugars, cocoa, but
ter and milk in a saucepan. Heat. Add chocolate; stir
until chocolate melts and sauce is smooth. Stir in
almond flavoring and walnuts. Pour over batter.
4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Cool slightly. Invert cake
onto platter. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
Serves 10.
Sauce:
V 2 cup granulated
sugar
V 2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
I tablespoon butter
or margarine
I cup milk
I ounce unsweetened
chocolate
Z 2 teaspoon almond
flavoring
V 2 cup chopped walnuts