Pete Family Recipe Blog

I started this blog as a way of sharing the recipes in my mother's recipe boxes with my entire large family so everyone in the family can access any recipes they would like to have. My mom and dad both loved recipes and cooking. I think my mom liked baking better, and my dad loved to combine foods in new ways in cooking. The foods we ate while we were growing up are a memory that we all share. I'm sure my siblings will find a recipe or two that will spark some good memories. Please feel free to add recipes that I missed or send them to me and I will add them. I can also start a section of our favorite recipes if you send them to me.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Grandma Klecker's Spice Cake and Pinachi Frosting

Oh my gosh - I found Grandma's Spice Cake recipe! When we went to visit her on Sundays she always had a big white enamel dishpan of popcorn popped on her kitchen wood stove and she would serve Spam sandwiches with canned raspberry sauce, her amazing home canned dill pickles (recipe in this collection) and this spice cake with carmel frosting.

Cake:
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
1-1/3 cup white sugar or 1-1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
2 cups flour
1/3 cup fat
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder

Add the spices to the flour mixture. Add to the liquids. These are all the directions that are written out.

Easy Pinachi Frosting
Melt in sauce pan:
1/2 cup butter
Stir in:
1 cup brown sugar, packed
Boil and stir over heat 2 minutes. Stir in:
1/4 cup milk
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cool to lukewarm or 120˚.
Gradually stir in:
1-3/4 to 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
Place bowl in ice water. Stir until thick enough to spread.
Sufficient for 2 small or 1 large 9 x 13" cake.
Good for spice layer or chocolate cake.
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  1. Monica LaustAugust 15, 2011 at 6:11 AM

    In making this cake, Mary figured out that to make the frosting turn out the same as Grandma's (because Grandma cooked on a wood cookstove, which wouldn't have been as hot) she had to reduce the boiling time by half (1 minute). She also didn't bring it to a boil again after she added the milk and cut the powdered sugar in half at the end, also. This makes sense, because Grandma alway used less sugar int he Kool-aid, so she probably used less sugar in this frosting. Theresa Een also said that Grandma would poke holes in the cake with a wooden pick to soak up the frosting.

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