I have been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from my original cookbook which many of you have. I'm also going to be adding pictures as I retest many of these recipes. They aren't the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. They're comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Thursday, January 21, 2016

Apple Snack Cake

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. each salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 cups apple, finely chopped or grated coarsely
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1/4 cup powdered sugar

Cream butter and sugar; beat until light and fluffy.  Add egg; blend well.  Combine flour, soda, salt, and spices; add to creamed mixture; stir well.  Stir in pecans, apple, and raisins. Spoon batter into greased 8-inch square baking pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool cake in pan; sprinkle top with powdered sugar.  Cut into squares.  Double recipe for 9 x 13 pan or sheet cake. 

This is Vermeil Gager's (Sonny Gager's mother) recipe for a moist and delicious snack cake.

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