Irish Feather Gingerbread Cake Recipes

IRISH FEATHER GINGERBREAD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Generously butter a 10 inch Bundt pan and dust with flour, knocking out the excess flour.
• In large bowl, sift together; flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and baking soda and set aside.
• I large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in brown sugar and molasses and cook 3 - 4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Whisk in the beaten eggs.
• Stir in flour mixture and with a wooden spoon, beat until smooth.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, bring the Guiness and water to a boil. Stir into the batter until smooth. Pour the batter into prepared pan and bake 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cook on a rack about 5 minutes.
• Invert cake onto a platter and let cool 5 minutes more.
• Serve with fresh whipped cream.

FEATHER SPONGE CAKE (AMY'S GRANDMA'S)

Steps:

• Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored.
• Add water and continue beating until thick.
• Gradually beat in sugar, then the extracts.
• Fold in flour, a little at a time.
• Beat egg whites until foamy, add the cream of tarter and beat until they form glossy peaks.
• Fold this carefully into the cake mixture.
• Bake in a 10" ungreased angel food cake pan ina 350 degree oven for approximately 1 hour.
• Invert pan to cool.

FEATHER SPICE CAKE WITH ORLEANS FROSTING

Steps:

• sift flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and mace together three times. cream butter, thoroughly; add sugar gradually, continuing to cream until light and fluffy --
• add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• add sorghum and blend.
• add flour mixture alternately with milk, ending with flour.
• bake in 2 greased layer pans in a a moderate oven 375* for 25-30 minutes or until done.
• remove from pans after 10 minutes, cool on wire racks.
• put layers together with Orleans frostign.
• to make ORLEANS FROSTING:.
• place egg whites, sugar, water, sorghum and cream of tartar in top of double boiler.
• beat immediately on high speed until mixture will hold a peak (5-6 minutes).
• remove from heat, add vanilla and continue beating until thick enough to spread.
• spread frosting on cake.making swirls in top.
• sprinkle decorettes around edge to make an attractive border.