Old Fashioned Pork Cake Recipes

OLD FASHIONED POTATO CAKES

Steps:

• Mix mashed potatoes, flour, onion, egg, black pepper, and salt together in a bowl until batter consistency.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Drop 4-inch circles of batter into hot oil. Cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining batter.

OLD FASHIONED 'SAD' CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients and put in a 13x9" buttered pan (or spray it with nonstick cooking spray). Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. It will rise will baking, then fall.

OLD-FASHIONED PORK CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour 2 bundt pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Put pork and raisins in a large mixing bowl (6qt.+) and pour hot coffee over them; Set aside allowing some time to cool.
• Sift together all measured dry ingredients; Mix in walnuts.
• Stir pork mixture carefully in case the coffee is still hot. Slowly begin to add sifted dry ingredients with walnuts and combine together thoroughly.
• Mix in applesauce and citron.
• Pour into greased and floured bundt pans. Bake for 1-1/2 to two hours or until done.

WILLIAMSBURG PORK CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine brandy, raisins and currants. Bring to an boil, then remove from heat. Set aside until all liquid is absorbed and mixture is cooled.
• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the ground salt pork, boiling water, molasses and sugar. Beat well. Add the flour mixture and beat until incorporated. Stir in the raisin mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool 15 minutes in the pan. Remove from pan and cool completely.

LAZY DAISY OLD-FASHIONED CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven up to 350F. Beat the eggs with a mixer until frothy. Add the sugar, salt and vanilla and beat well. Add the flour and the baking powder to the batter; mix until well-blended. In a medium ceramic bowl, microwave the milk and the butter on high for 35 seconds. Stir the butter until it is completely melted in the hot milk. Add the milk mixture to the batter and mix until well-combined. Do not overbeat if using the mixer!
• Pour the batter in a greased 9x19-inch square pan, place on the middle rack in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes until golden brown.
• For the topping, mix all the ingredients together and pour on the top of the baked cake. Stick it back in the oven and set the oven on the BROIL setting (400F). Let the topping broil until bubbly. Cut in the squares. Serve warm with a dollop of ice cream on the top.

100 YEAR OLD PORK CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Put pork thru grinder, pour boiling water over it and let stand until lukewarm.
• 2. Stir in sugar, spices, soda, well beaten egg and molasses.
• 3. Sift flour and add to fruit and then to pork mix. Stir until well blended.
• 4. Pour into well greased baking pan and bake 2 hours in a 300 degree oven or until done.
• 5. Gramma Note: This cake can be eaten as soon as baked and cooled, or it will keep for weeks. Good for outdoors picnics.