Vintage Nutmeg Feather Cake Recipes

NUTMEG FEATHER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk until just blended. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake springs back when pressed lightly in the center. Cool completely before frosting.

NUTMEG COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Spray a 9-inch square baking dish with canola or olive oil spray. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flours, baking powder, salt, baking soda and nutmeg.
• Using a pastry cutter, two forks or your fingertips, blend butter into flour mixture until it resembles fine cornmeal.
• Press half of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish; set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together milk and egg, then add to remaining flour mixture along with chopped walnuts and stir to combine.
• Spoon on top of crust in the pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pan slightly before turning out onto a wire rack to let cool completely.

VINTAGE NUTMEG FEATHER CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with non stick cooking spray In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening and sugar until well blended. Add the eggs and beat well.
• 2. Sift together the flour, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
• 3. Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture, alternating with the buttermilk. Ending with flour. Blend in the vanilla.
• 4. Spread into prepared baking pan. Bake for 25 - 35 minutes, or until cake is golden and tests done with a pick. Cool and serve with frosting or as my Gram did, with a pat of butter while warm.
• 5. Frosting: - If you like a lot of frosting you may want to double the recipe...I just frost as served... Whip the cream cheese on high for 1 minute until fluffy. Add vanilla and slowly stir in the confectioner's sugar. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency. The icing will be thick but pourable.

NUTMEG COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Cut butter into small pieces.
• With a pastry cutter, two forks or your fingertips, blend butter into flour mixture until it resembles fine cornmeal.
• Take half of it and press into the bottom of the baking dish.
• In a small bowl, combine milk, egg and nutmeg.
• Add to remaining flour mixture along with chopped walnuts.
• Spoon over the mixture in pan.
• Bake for 45–50 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan slightly before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

NUTMEG FEATHERCAKE

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• In a separate bowl cream butter, shortening vanilla and eggs. Beat for 1 minute.
• Add dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk.
• Grease and flour a 13 X 9" pan.
• Pour in mixture and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile to make frosting mix all frosting ingredients together and set aside.
• After the cake has baked for 30 minutes, remove and cover the cake with frosting, spreading to all sides.
• Return to oven and turn onto broil. Stand by for 1-2 minutes till the frosting in brown.

NUTMEG CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick oil spray.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan or in a mixing bowl in a microwave oven.Stir in the flour, brown sugar, and nutmeg until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Measure out and reserve 1/2 cup of the crumbs.
• In a small bowl, whisk the baking soda into the buttermilk or yogurt, then whisk in the vanilla and egg yolk. Stir the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients. Spread the batter evenly in the pan, then sprinkle with the reserved 1/2 cup crumbs.
• Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature on the day of baking. (The cake may be covered and frozen for up to 1 month.)