This is Nanny's famous icing recipe for cake decorating. Everyone always loves this recipe!
1 1/2 cups shortening
1 box confectioner's sugar
1 egg white or substitute with meringue powder or powdered egg whites
pinch of salt
2 tsp. flavoring
Cream shortening. Add half the box of sugar. Add egg white, salt and flavoring. Cream together well, then add remaining sugar. Mix well, then let mix on high for 5 minutes.
I normally double this recipe when I make it.
The Real Deal Pound Cake
I'm pretty sure Nanny got this recipe from her friend Jeanette. This isn't her oldest pound cake recipe, but she recommended this one to me once she started using it. It doesn't call for flavoring, but I normally put some in. Just add a couple teaspoons to taste. The kids love the Vanilla, Butter and Nut flavor, but you have to order that flavoring online. If you want to make it chocolate, just replace some of the flour with cocoa powder.
2 sticks butter, softened
3 cups sugar
3 cups flour
6 eggs
1/2 pint whipping cream
Mix all the ingredients and pour into a greased and floured pound cake pan. Bake at 325 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
The original pound cake
1 1/2c. shortening
3c. sugar
6 eggs
3c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1c. milk
2-3 Tbs. flavoring
Cream shortening. Add sugar and salt. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour and milk, altering. Add flavoring.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
For chocolate pound cake, add 3/4c. coca powder and reduce flour by 3/4c. Do not add flavoring.
This recipe was cut out of the newspaper and has been taped on the inside of Mom's kitchen cabinet for years. It's yellowed and torn, but well-loved! I have no idea which paper she took this from or when.
1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1/4 cup dark rum
1/4 cup honey or white corn syrup
2 cups ground walnuts
Confectioners' sugar
In medium bowl, combine all ingredients except sugar. Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar. Store in tightly covered container. Yield: 2 1/2 dozen
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