Scotch Cake Recipes

Steps:

• For cake: Sift together the flour and sugar into a large bowl.
• Combine the butter, cocoa and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the cocoa and melt the butter.
• Add cocoa mixture to the flour mixture and mix well with a wooden spoon.
• In a bowl combine the buttermilk, cinnamon, baking soda, eggs and vanilla; mixing well.
• Add buttermilk mixture to the flour/cocoa mixture.
• Beat until well blended (batter will be thin).
• Pour into a greased and floured 13x9 baking pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick inserted in the center (if done the toothpick will come out clean).
• Spread icing over hot cake in pan.
• For icing: Combine the butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan and bring to a boil; stirring until butter is melted and cocoa is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and powdered sugar mixing well then add pecans and mix.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream and oil; beat on low speed for 30 second. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Divide batter in half; stir butterscotch chips into half and chocolate into the other half. , Spoon half of the butterscotch batter in a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan; top with half of the chocolate batter. Repeat layers. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl., 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., For frosting, in a small bowl, combine butterscotch chips and chocolate. Beat in enough cream until the frosting is smooth and reaches desired spreading consistency. Spread over top of cake. Sprinkle with pecans.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Knead dough until smooth, about 6-10 times. Pat dough into an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Pierce with a fork. , Bake until lightly browned, 25-30 minutes. Cut into squares while warm. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter (or margarine) with confectioner's sugar. I have tried it with both, and like them either way. Some purists may prefer the butter; this is really your choice) Do not over cream, as the cookies tend to get a little sticky and are harder to roll into balls. You can add the salt and vanilla at this point.
• 2. Slowly add the dry ingredients by the spoonful, (I use a heaping tablespoon) again careful not to over beat. ( I have tried to avoid over beating using my Kitchen-aid, to no avail, so now I use my hand mixer with better results.
• 3. Using a rounded teaspoonful, (about walnut size) roll between your palms and flatten slightly and place on ungreased baking sheet about an inch apart. (All that butter makes it unnecessary to grease the pan)
• 4. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. I kind of check them, if the edges are light caramel color, they are usually ready.
• 5. Let cool and frost with a buttercream white icing. I usually just make icing using 1-2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine, 2 cups or so of confectioner's sugar and milk to make it the right consistency for spreading. I have also used a little of the liquid from a bottle of maraschino cherries to lightly color them. But I prefer the white frosting. Then top the cookie with 1/3 to 1/2 of a maraschino cherry, cut from the stem hole. If I can find green cherries, i cut a couple of slivers to add to the edges of the red ones to make them look like a big holly.

Steps:

• 1. Sift flour and sugar in a large bowl.
• 2. In a saucepan, bring margarine, shortening, water, and cocoa to a good boil.
• 3. Pour over flour and sugar mixture.
• 4. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
• 5. Pour into a greased 13x9 pan.
• 6. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 7. Start making icing about 5 minutes before cake is done baking.
• 8. Bring margarine, cocoa, and milk to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• 9. Remove from heat and beat in remaining ingredients.
• 10. Pour icing over hot cake.