On 4/27/2025 6:34 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:And you'd oink your way right to the table, pushing
This is a very old recipe; I don't recall where I got it. I plan to use
it today to make cupcakes to share with people in my office building.
Spice Cake
2 c. sifted AP flour
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
Only a pig would use vegetable shortening in the 21st century.
On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:47:52 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:
On 4/27/2025 6:34 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:And you'd oink your way right to the table, pushing
Only a pig would use vegetable shortening in the 21st century.
This is a very old recipe; I don't recall where I got it. I plan to use >>> it today to make cupcakes to share with people in my office building.
Spice Cake
2 c. sifted AP flour
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
;
everyone out of the way and bury your mug right into
that cake.
Maple Frosting
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. pure maple syrup
2 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbs. milk
3 c. powdered sugar
Sift sugar. In a large bowl combine shortening, salt, syrup, vanilla
and 1 cup of sugar; mix well. Gradually beat in remaining sugar and
milk until frosting is smooth and creamy. If too thin, add a little
more powdered sugar. If too thick, add a little more milk. Use
frosting immediately.
If, for some reason, you don't like maple frosting, buttercream works
nicely with the spice cake, too.
On 4/27/2025 6:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:47:52 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:
Only a pig would use vegetable shortening in the 21st century.And you'd oink your way right to the table, pushing
everyone out of the way and bury your mug right into
that cake.
Obviously Bryan is such an excellent baker he's qualified to criticize.
One could use butter instead. But Mr. Piggy probably thinks using high
oleic sunflower oil would be better, even though it would totally screw
it up.
Jill McQuown wrote:
...
Maple Frosting
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. pure maple syrup
2 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbs. milk
3 c. powdered sugar
Sift sugar. In a large bowl combine shortening, salt, syrup, vanilla
and 1 cup of sugar; mix well. Gradually beat in remaining sugar and
milk until frosting is smooth and creamy. If too thin, add a little
more powdered sugar. If too thick, add a little more milk. Use
frosting immediately.
as much as i do love a good vanilla, in this case i
would not use it.
If, for some reason, you don't like maple frosting, buttercream works
nicely with the spice cake, too.
lemon icing is also nice for many spice cakes.
On 4/27/2025 6:34 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
This is a very old recipe; I don't recall where I got it. I plan to use
it today to make cupcakes to share with people in my office building.
Spice Cake
2 c. sifted AP flour
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
Only a pig would use vegetable shortening in the 21st century.
Widder Jill is a self-imagined sex kitten
Jill McQuown wrote:
...
Maple Frosting
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. pure maple syrup
2 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbs. milk
3 c. powdered sugar
Sift sugar. In a large bowl combine shortening, salt, syrup, vanilla
and 1 cup of sugar; mix well. Gradually beat in remaining sugar and
milk until frosting is smooth and creamy. If too thin, add a little
more powdered sugar. If too thick, add a little more milk. Use
frosting immediately.
as much as i do love a good vanilla, in this case i
would not use it.
If, for some reason, you don't like maple frosting, buttercream works
nicely with the spice cake, too.
lemon icing is also nice for many spice cakes.
songbird
On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:47:52 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:
On 4/27/2025 6:34 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:And you'd oink your way right to the table, pushing
Only a pig would use vegetable shortening in the 21st century.
This is a very old recipe; I don't recall where I got it. I plan to use >>> it today to make cupcakes to share with people in my office building.
Spice Cake
2 c. sifted AP flour
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
;
everyone out of the way and bury your mug right into
that cake.
On 4/27/2025 6:06 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:47:52 +0000, BryanGSimmons wrote:
On 4/27/2025 6:34 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:And you'd oink your way right to the table, pushing
Only a pig would use vegetable shortening in the 21st century.
This is a very old recipe; I don't recall where I got it. I plan
to use
it today to make cupcakes to share with people in my office building.
Spice Cake
2 c. sifted AP flour
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
;
everyone out of the way and bury your mug right into
that cake.
Despite the idiotic comment from Mr. Master Bater, er Baker, the
cupcakes were a hit at the office. :)
Jill
On 4/27/2025 7:58 PM, songbird wrote:
lemon icing is also nice for many spice cakes.
songbird
Not a fan of lemon icing. My mother used to bake lemon pound cakes when
I was a kid and I didn't care for those, either.
On 2025-04-28 5:58 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/27/2025 7:58 PM, songbird wrote:
Poor you. My mother used to make them and I loved them.lemon icing is also nice for many spice cakes.
songbird
Not a fan of lemon icing. My mother used to bake lemon pound cakes
when I was a kid and I didn't care for those, either.
On 4/28/2025 6:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
On 2025-04-28 5:58 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:Lemon has it's place.
On 4/27/2025 7:58 PM, songbird wrote:Poor you. My mother used to make them and I loved them.
lemon icing is also nice for many spice cakes.
songbird
Not a fan of lemon icing. My mother used to bake lemon pound cakes
when I was a kid and I didn't care for those, either.
Why no vanilla?
Not a fan of lemon icing.
On 2025-04-28 5:58 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
On 4/27/2025 7:58 PM, songbird wrote:
Poor you. My mother used to make them and I loved them.lemon icing is also nice for many spice cakes.
songbird
Not a fan of lemon icing. My mother used to bake lemon pound cakes when
I was a kid and I didn't care for those, either.
On 2025-04-28, Jill McQuown wrote:
Why no vanilla?
I agree insasmuch as one can agree with a question.
Vanilla usually makes anything else taste better.
Not a fan of lemon icing.
I concur. I deem it in good taste only on cakes
& gooey pastries of other 'tart' fruits, like
cranberry, sour cherry, or other citrus.
My wife is the same way; we never even buy the
unfrosted 'lemon' pound cakes, which always seem
to contain poppy seeds which cannot be tasted
and only serve to make people fail opioid tests.
On 2025-04-29, Mike Duffy <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2025-04-28, Jill McQuown wrote:
Why no vanilla?
I agree insasmuch as one can agree with a question.
Vanilla usually makes anything else taste better.
Not a fan of lemon icing.
I concur. I deem it in good taste only on cakes
& gooey pastries of other 'tart' fruits, like
cranberry, sour cherry, or other citrus.
My wife is the same way; we never even buy the
unfrosted 'lemon' pound cakes, which always seem
to contain poppy seeds which cannot be tasted
and only serve to make people fail opioid tests.
Do you often take opioid tests?
On 2025-04-28, Jill McQuown wrote:
Why no vanilla?
I agree insasmuch as one can agree with a question.
Vanilla usually makes anything else taste better.
Not a fan of lemon icing.
I concur. I deem it in good taste only on cakes
& gooey pastries of other 'tart' fruits, like
cranberry, sour cherry, or other citrus.
My wife is the same way; we never even buy the
unfrosted 'lemon' pound cakes, which always seem
to contain poppy seeds which cannot be tasted
and only serve to make people fail opioid tests.
not offered the role as the voice of a talking
cow on a children's television puppet show
Do you often take opioid tests?
On 2025-04-29, gm wrote:
not offered the role as the voice of a talking
cow on a children's television puppet show
Greg, you are projecting your own desires on others.
Please get some professional help.
On 2025-04-29 8:08 a.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-29, gm wrote:He's beyond help!
not offered the role as the voice of a talking
cow on a children's television puppet show
Greg, you are projecting your own desires on others.
Please get some professional help.
On 2025-04-29, gm wrote:
not offered the role as the voice of a talking
cow on a children's television puppet show
Greg, you are projecting your own desires on others.
Please get some professional help.
On 4/28/2025 10:41 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-28, Jill McQuown wrote:Most frosting recipes I've ever made call for vanilla extract. I
Why no vanilla?
I agree insasmuch as one can agree with a question.
Vanilla usually makes anything else taste better.
certainly can't fathom a reason to leave it out.
On 2025-04-28, Jill McQuown wrote:
Why no vanilla?
I agree insasmuch as one can agree with a question.
Vanilla usually makes anything else taste better.
On 2025-04-28, gm wrote:
Widder Jill is a self-imagined sex kitten
Also, a Greg-imagined sex kitten.
On 4/28/2025 9:13 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-28, gm wrote:Mike, why on earth do you encourage his idiotic replies?!
Widder Jill is a self-imagined sex kitten
Also, a Greg-imagined sex kitten.
Jill
On 4/27/2025 7:58 PM, songbird wrote:
Jill McQuown wrote:Why no vanilla?
...
Maple Frosting
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. pure maple syrup
2 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbs. milk
3 c. powdered sugar
Sift sugar. In a large bowl combine shortening, salt, syrup, vanilla
and 1 cup of sugar; mix well. Gradually beat in remaining sugar and
milk until frosting is smooth and creamy. If too thin, add a little
more powdered sugar. If too thick, add a little more milk. Use
frosting immediately.
as much as i do love a good vanilla, in this case i
would not use it.
If, for some reason, you don't like maple frosting, buttercream works
nicely with the spice cake, too.
lemon icing is also nice for many spice cakes.
songbird
Not a fan of lemon icing. My mother used to bake lemon pound cakes when
I was a kid and I didn't care for those, either.
On 4/28/2025 9:13 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-04-28, gm wrote:Mike, why on earth do you encourage his idiotic replies?!
Widder Jill is a self-imagined sex kitten
Also, a Greg-imagined sex kitten.
This is a very old recipe; I don't recall where I got it. I plan to use
it today to make cupcakes to share with people in my office building.
Spice Cake
2 c. sifted AP flour
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 c. vegetable shortening
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8" round cake pans.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and spices.
Cut in shortening and stir to blend well. Add milk, then stir in
sugars, eggs and vanilla.
Beat with an electric mixer set on low until blended, scraping the sides
of the bowl. Beat on high for 3 minutes. Pour batter into cake pans.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes
out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pans. Remove to wire racks and
let cool completely.
Maple Frosting
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. pure maple syrup
2 tsp. vanilla
3 Tbs. milk
3 c. powdered sugar
Sift sugar. In a large bowl combine shortening, salt, syrup, vanilla
and 1 cup of sugar; mix well. Gradually beat in remaining sugar and
milk until frosting is smooth and creamy. If too thin, add a little
more powdered sugar. If too thick, add a little more milk. Use
frosting immediately.
If, for some reason, you don't like maple frosting, buttercream works
nicely with the spice cake, too.
Jill
Lunch today was a sushi bake and fern salad. We ate at my step-mom's
place so there was a dessert/fruit and coffee. The dessert was a roll
cake made of ground hazelnuts and potato starch - no wheat flour. It was filled with sliced bananas and finished with whipped cream.
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