Uintah County Western Heritage Museum               Vernal, Utah

Making a cake is a breeze in the modern day.  We don't have to churn the butter, chip sugar off a sugar cone and pound it to eliminate lumps, or test to see if the oven is too hot or too cool.  We can pull a few readily available ingredients from the pantry and refrigerator, turn the oven to the right temperature and mix up the most wonderful cakes and cheesecakes that taste just like our mother, grandmothers and great-grandmothers used to make.

The 71 recipes in this book have been around for a long time.  They are too good to be allowed to disappear. There are the basics, yellow, white and chocolate, with a variety of frostings to mix and match.  There are old favorites like Red Velvet, Poppy Seed and Applesauce cakes, and Gingerbread with and without blueberries.

Pound cakes come in many flavors, including Mocha, Orange, Pumpkin, and Walnut.  Try Fudge Truffle, Marble, or Praline Cheesecake for a spectacular, but easy to make, delicious treat.

Booklet, c2003, 32 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.

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