Grandmas Fudge Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Use 1 tsp butter to coat bottom andd sides of pot.
• Add sugar, cocoa, kayro syrup and milk. Bring to boil stirring constantly.
• Cook till temperature reaches 'soft ball' stage.
• Remove from heat and add remaining butter and vanilla.
• Cool till workable.
• Beat by hand till fudge loses the gloss.
• Pour into container sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.

Steps:

• Lightly grease an 8 or 9-inch square pan.
• Combine dry ingredients in heavy 4 quart saucepan.
• Stir in milk.
• Bring to a "bubbly" boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Boil, without stirring, to 234 degrees (soft ball stage). Remove from heat. Cool at room temperature to 110 degrees.
• Beat with wooden spoon until thickens and loses gloss.
• Quickly spread in prepared pan.

Steps:

• Put first three ingredients in a sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil, while stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and add chips.
• With a wire whip beat until creamy and cooled.
• Add chopped pecans if desired.

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate and butter in a heavy pot over low heat, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in the sugar, vanilla extract, salt, and evaporated milk. Cook and stir until the mixture is thickened, 5 to 7 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter and 1 cup of the sugar in large bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour, cereal and baking powder; mix well. Pour into lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, mix remaining 1 cup sugar and water in small saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat. Boil 5 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven. Immediately pour hot sugar mixture over cake. Cool cake completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into 24 squares to serve.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, then egg white, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in water until smooth. Pour into a greased and floured 6-in. round baking pan., Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the sugar, cream and butter. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in marshmallows and chocolate chips until smooth. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake.

Steps:

• Cream together very thoroughly the shortening, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each addition until light and fluffy. Beat in chocolate which has been slightly cooled.
• Measure sifted flour and sift together with soda and salt. Alternately add sifted dry ingredients and iced water to chocolate mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. After each addition, beat until batter is smooth.
• Pour batter into 3 greased 8-inch layer cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees about 35 minutes, or until done. Cool and spread date cream filling between the layers and chocolate fudge frosting over top and sides.
• Date Cream Filling:.
• Heat milk and 1/2 pound chopped dates in top of double boiler.
• Combine sugar, flour and egg, blending until smooth. Slowly stir into hot milk mixture.
• Cook and stir until mixture is thickened. Cool then stir in nuts and vanilla.
• Makes 2 cups.
• Fudge Frosting (the original 1959 version):.
• Combine all ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Boil over high heat 3 minutes without stirring. Reduce heat and continue cooking until it reaches soft-ball stage (238 degrees). Cool.
• Beat until creamy and of spreading consistency. Add cream if too thick.
• Fudge Frosting (the easier 1972 version):.
• 2 cups sugar. 1/4 teaspoons salt. 1 cup light cream. 2 tablespoons light corn syrup. 2 squares unsweetened chocolate.
• Combine sugar, salt, cream, corn syrup and chocolate. Cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cover saucepan for 2-3 minutes. Remove lid and cook to the soft-ball stage (234 degrees). Cool.
• Beat until spreading consistency. Add a little hot water if too stiff, sifted confectioners sugar if too thin.

Steps:

• Grease an 8x8 inch baking pan. Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan combine sugar, condensed milk, butter and chocolate chips. Heat to between 234 and 240 degrees F (112 to 116 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface.
• Remove chocolate mixture from heat and add marshmallow and nuts. Pour the fudge into the prepared pan, and let set.