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I wnat to mail a cake to my sister. Any suggestions on what travels well?
- Thread starter lisainla
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Yes, Pear and Walnut Cake by Judy in Mass. REC:
It's heavy and hangs together well because it is so dense. My version uses pecans I like it to sit for 2 weeks for best flavour and I add add rum to it.
Pear & Pecan Cake
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Freshly Grated Nutmeg
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar -- firmly packed
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Eggs
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Water
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
5 Bartlett Pears, Ripe, Firm, Unpeeled -- cored & 1/2" cubed
1/2 Cup Toasted Pecans/Walnuts --chopped
Preheat oven to 350̊F .
Butter and flour 9x13-inch baking pan. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer beat brown sugar, oil, eggs, sugar, water and vanilla in large bowl until very smooth. Blend in dry ingredients.
Stir in pears and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake until top is brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool completely.
Judy in Mass
It's heavy and hangs together well because it is so dense. My version uses pecans I like it to sit for 2 weeks for best flavour and I add add rum to it.
Pear & Pecan Cake
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Freshly Grated Nutmeg
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar -- firmly packed
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
3 Eggs
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Water
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
5 Bartlett Pears, Ripe, Firm, Unpeeled -- cored & 1/2" cubed
1/2 Cup Toasted Pecans/Walnuts --chopped
Preheat oven to 350̊F .
Butter and flour 9x13-inch baking pan. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl. Using electric mixer beat brown sugar, oil, eggs, sugar, water and vanilla in large bowl until very smooth. Blend in dry ingredients.
Stir in pears and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake until top is brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool completely.
Judy in Mass
steve2-in-la
Well-known member
Let us not forget the ubiquitous but eminently sturdy, pound cake.
I'm late but here is one that travels well- T&T REC German Apple Cake
GERMAN APPLE CAKE
2 C sugar
1/4 C orange juice
1 C vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3 C all-purpose flour
1 T baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 C chopped walnuts
powdered sugar
Filling:
2 C green apples, peeled and diced
2 tsp cinnamon
1 T sugar
Mix filling ingredients and set aside.
Blend sugar, orange juice, oil, vanilla and eggs in mixer at high speed for 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients and mix. Fold in nuts.
Oil Bundt pan and pour in 1/3 of the batter. Spoon half the filling mix over the batter, then alternate another layer of batter and filling, and finish with batter. Tap pan on counter to take out air bubbles. Bake 60 minutes at 350°. Cool 10 minutes and take out of pan. Cool, and sprinkle with powdered sugar sifted through a small strainer.
GERMAN APPLE CAKE
2 C sugar
1/4 C orange juice
1 C vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3 C all-purpose flour
1 T baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 C chopped walnuts
powdered sugar
Filling:
2 C green apples, peeled and diced
2 tsp cinnamon
1 T sugar
Mix filling ingredients and set aside.
Blend sugar, orange juice, oil, vanilla and eggs in mixer at high speed for 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients and mix. Fold in nuts.
Oil Bundt pan and pour in 1/3 of the batter. Spoon half the filling mix over the batter, then alternate another layer of batter and filling, and finish with batter. Tap pan on counter to take out air bubbles. Bake 60 minutes at 350°. Cool 10 minutes and take out of pan. Cool, and sprinkle with powdered sugar sifted through a small strainer.
I made and mailed a John Thorne cake with great success. I do not have a food
saver -- so I baked the bundt cake and cooled the cake and then placed the cake between two plastic plates and wrapped the whole cake/plates combo with tons of saran. It wasn't pretty -- but it travelled incredible well (I sent it UPS ground -- 1 day to Philly) and arrived tasty and whole.
saver -- so I baked the bundt cake and cooled the cake and then placed the cake between two plastic plates and wrapped the whole cake/plates combo with tons of saran. It wasn't pretty -- but it travelled incredible well (I sent it UPS ground -- 1 day to Philly) and arrived tasty and whole.
vicki-in-tucson
Well-known member
Mailing food can be tricky. When I was in college, I once made heart-shaped cookies
for my then-boyfriend and mailed them to him for Valentine's Day. They all arrived broken--every single one! Not a good omen. Luckily, he ignored that and married me anyway. smileys/smile.gif
for my then-boyfriend and mailed them to him for Valentine's Day. They all arrived broken--every single one! Not a good omen. Luckily, he ignored that and married me anyway. smileys/smile.gif
vicki-in-tucson
Well-known member
Oh, yes. He's a fabulous guy, and always thanks me for making dinner
even when I cook something terrible. smileys/wink.gif
even when I cook something terrible. smileys/wink.gif