Amish Pineapple Cake Recipes

AMISH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Add the buttermilk and baking soda. Mix well.
• Add in the flour and vanilla. Mix until combined.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until the center bounces back when you touch it.
• While the cake is baking, make the topping. In a bowl, combine the butter, milk, brown sugar and nuts. Mix well.
• Spread this mixture all over the top of the warm cake.
• Place under the broiler (turned to low) and bake for 1-3 minutes or until the nut topping is bubbling.
• Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool.
• Serve warm alone, with whipped cream or with ice cream.

AMISH CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar and baking powder. Add eggs, vanilla and pineapple with juice. Blend well. Add walnuts and mix in.
• Pour into an ungreased 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ) for 40 minutes.

AMISH SHOOFLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix brown sugar, flour, and butter with a pastry blender until you have fine crumbs.
• Reserve two cups of the crumbs for the top.
• Combine the boiling water and baking soda, then add the molasses and salt. Mix well.
• Mix the molasses mixture with the remaining crumbs. And pour this into a greased 9x13" baking dish.
• Starting at the edges, scatter the reserved 2 cups of crumbs over the top.
• Bake for about 45 - 50 minutes. Cool and enjoy.

DAWN'S AMISH FRIENDSHIP CAKE WITH STARTERS

Steps:

• Amish Friendship Cake Initial STARTER:.
• Day 1-Day 14:.
• 1 cup cubed pineapple, drained.
• 1 cup sugar.
• 2 T. Brandy.
• Combine in a glass gallon jar. Let set it set for 2 weeks.
• Cover loosely with aluminum foil, with a wooden spoon inserted through the foil to stir daily-DO NOT REMOVE FOIL OR SPOON!
• Be sure to stir daily.
• Day 15:.
• Add 1 cup Marachino cherries including the juice.
• 1 cup sugar.
• 2 T. Brandy.
• Let set two more weeks, stirring daily.
• Day 30:.
• Strain the fruit from the juice using a plastic strainer. (DO NOT USE A METAL STRAINER.).
• The resulting "juice" is the "starter" for your Amish Friendship Cake.
• Amish Frienship Cake Secondary STARTER:.
• First we prepare another starter from the starter above.
• 1 1/2 cups starter, prepared above.
• 1 lg. can sliced peaches, with juice.
• 2 1/2 cups sugar.
• Put peaches and juice in a gallon jar. Stir once a day for 10 days:.
• On the 10th day, Add:.
• 2 1/2 cups sugar.
• 1 20 oz. can pineapple chunks and juice.
• Stir every day for 10 days.
• On the 20th Day, Add:.
• 2 1/2 cups sugar.
• 1 10 oz. jar Marachino cherries and juice.
• 1 20 oz. can fruit cocktail and juice.
• Stir every day for 10 days.
• On the 30th Day:.
• Drain liquid from fruit.
• Divide the juice into 5-6 jars each containing 1 1/2 cups of juice.
• Give to friends, and keep one for yourself.
• Your friends can now start with the starter you have given them, and make the 30 day cake directly.
• Divide fruit in thirds. You can freeze 2/3 of the fruit to use later.
• Note:.
• When putting fruit or juice in jars, leave jars on the counter & DO NOT REFRIGERATE! DO NOT PUT LID ON TIGHT, set it on top of jar - loosely! DO NOT PUT JUICE IN THE REFRIGERATOR!
• Amish Friendship Cake:.
• Cake 1 yellow cake mix, without pudding in it.
• 2/3 cup oil.
• 4 eggs.
• 1/3 of the fruit, prepared with the starter above.
• 1 cup nuts, chopped.
• 1 box Vanilla instant pudding.
• Mix all ingredients together, and bake in a greased Bundt pan at 350, for 50 minutes or until done.
• Important Note:.
• Do not use a metal strainer when straining the fruit.
• When adding fruit and juice to the jar, leave it on the counter & DO NOT REFRIGERATE! DO NOT PUT LID ON TIGHT. Set it on top loosely! DO NOT PUT JUICE IN THE REFRIGERATOR!
• I frost my cakes with Cream Cheese frosting and top with walnuts.

AMISH PINEAPPLE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Grease and flour 9" X 13" cake pan.
• 2. Preheat oven to 350.
• 3. In a large bowl, mix cake ingredients by hand.
• 4. Pour into greased & floured pan.
• 5. Bake for approximately 40-45 minutes until cake is golden brown on top.
• 6. When cake is cool, top with icing.
• 7. Icing--use electric mixer to mix all ingredients for icing and spread on cool cake.
• 8. Enjoy-but it's better on the 2nd or 3rd day.

AMISH ZUCCHINI BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Mix oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat well until light in color.
• In a seperate bowl, mix dry ingredients.
• Add zucchini and dry ingredients alternating with pineapple. Mix only until combined. Do not overmix.
• Stir in the chopped walnuts.
• Divide the batter into two well-greased and floured standard-size bread pans, and bake for one hour or until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs.
• Let the bread rest in the pans for about 10 minutes before carefully removing the loaves. If the loaves don't want to slide out, run a knife around the edges to release.
• Cool. Store in an airtight bag or container.