Spanish Wedding Cake Recipes

SPANISH WEDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 9 x 13 inch baking dish. In mixing bowl ; combine flour, sugar, eggs, soda, and crushed pineapple. Pour into baking dish. Bake 35 minutes or until done.
• Icing: In mixing bowl cream together butter, powdred sugar and cream cheese. Spread on cake while it is hot.

MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and water. Add the flour and almonds, mix until blended. Cover and chill for 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Shape dough into balls or crescents. Place on an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from pan to cool on wire racks. When cookies are cool, roll in confectioners' sugar. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

TRADITIONAL MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy; stir in vanilla.
• Whisk together flour and salt; add gradually to butter mixture; stir in chopped nuts.
• Chill dough if it seems too soft.
• Form dough into 1 1/4" balls and place onto parchment-lined or ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 400° for 10-12 minutes or just until the cookies start to turn light golden-brown; remove from oven and allow to cool slightly; while cookies are still warm (but NOT hot) remove them from baking sheets and roll, a few at a time, in powdered sugar until evenly coated; cool cookies completely on wire racks.
• Cookies may (optionally) be rolled in powdered sugar a second time once cooled to room temperature.
• NOTE: Forming dough into 1" balls will increase yield to 48 cookies.

MEXICAN WEDDING CAKES (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Crème the butter with the cup of sugar and vanilla.
• Mix flour, nuts, and salt.
• Add the mixture of flour, and salt to the butter.
• Form small balls.
• Put on un-greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 325 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until lightly brown.
• Roll in confectioner's sugar while the cookies are still warm.
• Enjoy!

A & P SPANISH BAR CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350°F
• Grease and flour two 13- by 9-inch baking pans. Set aside.
• Combine the water and raisins in a saucepan, heat to boiling and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the shortening, then allow the mixture to cool.
• Meanwhile, into a bowl, sift the sugar, soda, flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and salt.
• Add the cooled raisin mixture, then blend well.
• Add the eggs and stir well.
• Turn into the prepared pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the cakes test done.
• Let cool completely on wire racks.
• If desired, ice with Buttercream Frosting.