Jolly Cake Recipes

NANA'S OLD FASHIONED JELLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Stir in the flour and milk, alternating so the dough does not become too stiff or too runny. Mix in vanilla. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the center springs back when pressed lightly. Spread the raspberry jelly over the cake while it is warm, but not hot, so it will soak into the cake.

APPLE JELLY CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees grease and flour cake pans
• 2. Mix jelly and sugar and let stand for 10 minutes. Taste to see if jelly is sweet enough, add addition teaspoons of sugars until it meets your taste.
• 3. Directions for cake Cream together butter and sugar then add eggs one at a time. Combine the milk and vanilla, add alternately with the flour. Mix for 1 minute.
• 4. Pour into pans and bake for 20 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and a tooth pick comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting with apple jelly.

GRANDMA CAMPBELL'S JELLY CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter and sugar together.
• Add eggs, flour and milk.
• The recipes says 1/2 cup milk, but Grandma added"OR until of batter consistency" at the bottom.
• Then add vanilla.
• Bake in 4 greased and floured 9 inch pans at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes, as the layers should be about 1/2 inch thick when done.
• Melt the apple jelly.
• Pour 3 ounces of jelly over each layer as they are stacked.
• Sometimes I also frost the sides with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting, or serve the cake warm with whipped cream.

JOLLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Cream butter, sugar, lemon zest, and eggs.
• Fold in 1/2 the flour, then the whisky & lastly remaining flour.
• Spoon into two greased 18 cm round tins.
• Bake 25mins.
• Allow to cool on a rack.
• For Icing & Filling. Beat together all ingredients.
• Sandwich cake together with 1/2 butter cream & swirl the rest over the top.

HOMEMADE JOLLY RANCHER CANDY

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, if you're not using a mold. Set aside.
• In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Stir well, bring to a boil on medium or medium-high heat. Affix candy thermometer to pan.
• Boil mixture, stirring occasionally, until it reaches 310 degrees.
• Remove from heat, quickly stir in food coloring, flavoring, and citric acid. Stir mixture until it stops boiling, and most of the "bubbles" disappear - this will minimize texture in your finished candies.