Great Grandmother’s Cup Cakes
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Categories: Cup Cakes - Baked - Dessert - Finger FoodFrom: Mrs. Wm Johnson
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Butter | 1/2 cup | |
| Sugar | 1 1/2 cups | |
| Eggs | 3 | Separated |
| Milk | 2/3 cup Milk + Water total | |
| Water | 2/3 cup Milk + Water total | |
| Flour | 2 1/2 cups | |
| Baking Powder | 2 tsp | |
| White Raisins | 1/2 cup | Optional |
| Marachino Cherries | 12 |
Method
- Preheat oven to 325F
- Grease and flour pan (See modern notes)
- Separate egg whites and yolks
- Sift together flour and baking powder
- Combine milk + water
- Cream together butter and sugar
- Add egg yolks
- Add milk + water
- Add flour + baking powder
- Cut up cherries, and add if desirted
- Add raisins if desired
- Beat egg whites to stiff peaks and fold in
- Bake 20-25 minutes
Notes From Gran
Modern Notes
- The recipe doesn’t specify the ratio between milk and water. I went with 1/2 cup Milk and added 1/6 cup water for 2/3 cup total. –David S
- A gem pan seems to have been somewhere between a modern cupcake pan and mini bundt cake pan. The shape and size seems to have varied. Some are half-spheres, some are fluted, some are flattened ovals. I’m going to try both cupcake pans with cupcake wrappers and mini bundt pans. –David S
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