Grandma Deuels Ice Water Fudge Cake W Date Cream Filling Recipes

GRANDMA DEUEL'S ICE-WATER FUDGE CAKE W/ DATE CREAM FILLING &

Steps:

• Cream together very thoroughly the shortening, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each addition until light and fluffy. Beat in chocolate which has been slightly cooled.
• Measure sifted flour and sift together with soda and salt. Alternately add sifted dry ingredients and iced water to chocolate mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. After each addition, beat until batter is smooth.
• Pour batter into 3 greased 8-inch layer cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees about 35 minutes, or until done. Cool and spread date cream filling between the layers and chocolate fudge frosting over top and sides.
• Date Cream Filling:.
• Heat milk and 1/2 pound chopped dates in top of double boiler.
• Combine sugar, flour and egg, blending until smooth. Slowly stir into hot milk mixture.
• Cook and stir until mixture is thickened. Cool then stir in nuts and vanilla.
• Makes 2 cups.
• Fudge Frosting (the original 1959 version):.
• Combine all ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Boil over high heat 3 minutes without stirring. Reduce heat and continue cooking until it reaches soft-ball stage (238 degrees). Cool.
• Beat until creamy and of spreading consistency. Add cream if too thick.
• Fudge Frosting (the easier 1972 version):.
• 2 cups sugar. 1/4 teaspoons salt. 1 cup light cream. 2 tablespoons light corn syrup. 2 squares unsweetened chocolate.
• Combine sugar, salt, cream, corn syrup and chocolate. Cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cover saucepan for 2-3 minutes. Remove lid and cook to the soft-ball stage (234 degrees). Cool.
• Beat until spreading consistency. Add a little hot water if too stiff, sifted confectioners sugar if too thin.

CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Combine flour and milk. Bring to a boil and stir until thickened. Cool completely.
• Cream everything else with an electric mixer. Beat in the cooled milk until the sugar is dissolved.
• Use as you desire. It tastes alot like a hostess cake filling, and would go great in chocolate cupcakes.

DATE CREAM CAKE FILLING

Steps:

• Combine the milk and the irish cream and chopped dates in top of a double boiler and cook until it's hot and has a smoother texture.
• Meanwhile, combine the flour, sugar and egg, blending until smooth. Set aside. Toast your pecans in a dry pan and then chop. Toast your and coconut in the same dry pan and add to the pecans. Set aside.
• Re-stir your egg mixture and add to the hot milk mixture. Cook, stirring, until thick. Cool.
• Stir in the pecans and coconut. Spread between the layers of your cake.

COFFEE CREAM FILLING / FROSTING

Steps:

• Mixed all three ingredients in a medium sized glass bowl.
• Beat ingredients still stiff.
• Use as a filling in your favourite cake or as frosting for cupcakes.
• Be creative!

CHOCOLATE ECLAIR ICING & FILLING

Steps:

• pour cream and vanilla in a bowl of electric mixer. beat until firm. add icing sugar and beat another 30 seconds, but no longer. set aside in refrigerator.
• place chocolate in stainless steel bowl. set over saucepan half-filled with hot water. check that bowl does not touch water. melt over very low heat.
• when melted, thin chocolate with 1 tbsp cold water. dip tops of eclairs in warm chocolate. if preferred, spread chocolate with spatula.
• when chocolate on tops of eclair has set, carefully slice shells open using knife with serrated blade. fill with whipped cream and serve.