Funeral Cake Recipes

COUNTRY AMISH FUNERAL CAKE 1965

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan.
• In mixer bowl cream butter and sugars well for three minutes.
• In a small bowl whisk the flour and salt.
• Add the flour and salt to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
• Beginning and ending with the flour.
• Pour into pan and bake.
• Bake 35 minutes until top springs back when touched.
• Combine all topping ingredients together in a mixer bowl, then stir in the nuts.
• When cake is finished, turn temp. to broil.
• Pour topping all over the cake, and place under broiler at a distance of 8 inches below.
• Broil for three minutes, until brown and bubbling.
• Remove cool on rack.
• Cut and serve from cake pan.

KENTUCKY FUNERAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and beat thoroughly. Fold in the flour mixture alternately with the milk. Stir in vanilla.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees and bake 60 to 70 minutes longer, until the cake is brown and a cake tester comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, then unmold and continue cooling.

WHITE FUNERAL CAKES (SEEDCAKES)

Steps:

• Sift two cups of the flour with the baking soda and set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl. Add the nutmeg and caraway seeds.
• Add the milk alternately with the two cups of flour mixed with the soda, stirring together gently. Gradually sift in the remaining flour and work it in to form a soft dough. Cover and refrigerate at least two hours, preferably overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Roll dough one-quarter inch thick on a lightly floured board and cut into shapes about three inches in diameter. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake about 20 minutes, until the cakes are firm and turning golden on the bottom. The scraps may be rerolled, cut and baked.

FUNERAL CAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl; set aside. Mix together egg and apples; add to flour mixture. Stir in walnuts. Spread in a lightly greased 8"x8" baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Serve warm, drizzled with Caramel Sauce.
• Caramel Sauce --- last 6 ingredients
• Combine brown sugar, flour and salt in a small saucepan. Gradually add water; stir until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook for one to 2 minutes, until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla.