Best California Cake Recipes

CALIFORNIA LEMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in lemon zest and extract. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined. , Pour into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 70 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 bowl, combine the frosting ingredients; beat until smooth. Spread over top of cake.

CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE CAKE

Steps:

• Juice the oranges, reserving juice for topping.
• Put the orange rind, the raisins and the nuts through the medium blade of a meat grinder (or process with steel blade in food processor until a coarse grind is achieved).
• Combine butter and sugar in mixer bowl and beat together until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time and continue beating until completely incorporated.
• Combine salt, flour and baking soda and sift together.
• Add flour and buttermilk alternately in 3 portions, mixing on low after each addition.
• Fold in orange, raisin, nut mixture until completely combined.
• Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9" X 13" pan or a bundt pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
• While cake is still hot, pierce all over with a fork.
• Mix orange juice, sugar and cinnamon and carefully pour mixture over cake. (This is harder on the bundt cake -- be patient).
• When cake has cooled, remove from pan.
• Refrigerate leftover cake.

CALIFORNIA APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the apples and sugar; mix well. (Actually I do this as I'm slicing them, so that the sugar keeps the apples from getting dark.)
• Stir in oil, nuts, eggs and vanilla; mix well.
• Combine dry ingredients and add to apple mixture. Blend well to ensure that you won't have little pockets of flour in the finished cake.
• Spoon into a 9x13 pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour at 350° (325° if you use a pyrex pan). It's important not to overcook this cake, so check it at the lower baking time. The center should be just barely set and the edges still fairly soft.
• Cool in pan before cutting.
• Cut with a sharp knife so that you cut through the apples, rather than dragging half of a slice from an adjacent piece of cake.
• You'll probably need something like a pancake turner to get the slices out, especially the first few.
• This cake doesn't come out in nice, neat slices, but it tastes wonderful.
• It can be served either warm or cold.

CALIFORNIA CAKE

Steps:

• Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and cream well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beat well after each addition.
• Sift flour, baking powder, soda, and salt together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
• Fold in vanilla, walnuts, and dates and grated orange peel.
• Pour into well-greased spring-form or angel food pan. Bake one hour at 375.
• Allow cake to cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Pour (spoon) sauce over cake and let stand for several hours or overnight.
• To make sauce: Squeeze juice and pulp of 3 oranges. Add sugar. Bring to boil and simmer until pulp becomes transparent. Pour warm syrup over cake 10 minutes after it comes out of oven.

CALIFORNIA LEMON POUND CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in lemon peel and extract. Combine the flour, salt and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat just until combined.
• Pour into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a small bowl, combine the frosting ingredients; beat until smooth. Spread over top of cake.
• Yield: 12-16 servings.
• Originally published as California Lemon Pound Cake in Country
• April/May 1991, p47
• Nutritional Facts
• serving (1 slice) equals 500 calories, 23 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 107 mg cholesterol, 333 mg sodium, 70 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.
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SUNNY CALIFORNIA SOUR CREAM PINEAPPLE CAKE WITH PINEAPPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE: Beat together all the ingredients, for 4 minutes, at medium speed. Spread batter evenly into a greased 10 inch tube pan and bake in a 350°F oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan.
• When cook, remove from pan and brush top with Pineapple glaze, and allow a little to drip down the sides. Serves 10.
• FOR THE GLAZE: Stir together pineapple and sugar until blended.
• NOTE: This cake is a good choice for a ladies luncheon, for it is very light and very delicious.
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CALIFORNIA CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together cake mix, oil, eggs, and oranges. Beat 2-3 minutes. Bake in 9 x 13 pan for 25 minutes @ 325 degrees. When the cake is cooled, frost with mixture of Cool Whip, pudding, and pineapple.