Aunt Isabels Bishops Cake Recipes

AUNT CONNIE'S COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Grease a 10-inch tube pan.
• Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl.
• Beat 1 1/2 cup butter and 3 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color.
• Beat eggs one at a time into butter mixture, allowing each egg to blend completely before adding the next. Beat in sour cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract with the last egg.
• Gradually stir flour mixture into egg mixture, mixing until just incorporated.
• Fold in 7 ounces flaked coconut, mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour the batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 90 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Whisk milk and cornstarch in a saucepan over medium heat until mixture becomes very thick, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes; set aside to cool completely.
• Beat 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter, and shortening with an electric mixer in a bowl until mixture is smooth and creamy.
• Beat cooled milk paste and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract into sugar mixture to achieve a light and creamy frosting.
• Spread frosting over completely cooled cake and sprinkle remaining 3 1/2 ounces flaked coconut over the frosting.

BISHOP'S CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter with sugar.
• Add eggs, juice and vanilla.
• Beat Well.
• Add sifted flour.
• Bake in angel food cake pan that has been greased and floured for 1 hour and 15 minutes in a 325 degree oven.
• Let cool before removing from pan.
• Cake can be used for gifts wrapped in tea towel and tied with a bow for teachers gifts.

AUNT ISABEL'S BISHOP'S CAKE

Steps:

• Chop the dates, pecans, and cherries and set aside in individual prep bowls.
• Dust dates lightly with about 1 teasp. flour or less.
• Combine eggs and butter.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to egg mixture.
• Stir in other ingredients one at a time, first the dates, then pecans, then cherries, and last the chocolate chips.
• Make sure to stir thoroughly after each addition.
• Pour into greased loaf pan, I used Pam and then lined with parchment paper.
• Bake 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. (I baked it for 1 3/4 hours).
• Let it rest and cool! The first time I tried to take it out of the pan -- I cannot begin to tell you of the mess I made. Then I decided it was not done, as I had only baked it 1 1/4 hours, so I tried to stuff it pack into the pan. That was not easy, but I did it, baked it another hour, and pried it out after letting it cool. It was ugly all the way around, but very good! So good that I am making lots more for sharing.