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Ginger Cake
1 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup margarine
4 cups self-rising flour
pinch of salt
1 cup light brown sugar
2 tsps. ground ginger
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
Beat together syrup and margarine.
Mix dry ingredients. Combine beaten egg with milk and add alternately with dry ingredients to the syrup mixture.
Pour into a greased shallow 9x13 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees F for about 1 1/2 hours.
Serve hot with whipped cream or a lemon curd sauce.
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Lemon Curd Sauce
1 tbsp. flour
2 cups white granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter
4 eggs
4 lemons, with juice and rinds
Mix flour and sugar together in a large saucepan. Add butter, eggs, lemon juice and rinds that have been cut into small pieces.
Cook over medium heat until thick, but do not boil. Serve warm over ginger or spice cake. Cool and use as a tart shell filling or as jelly roll filling.
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Mock Cherry Pie
1 1/2 cups whole cranberries
1 cup boiling water
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light raisins
1 tbsp. flour
1 tsp. vanilla flavouring
Wash cranberries. Mix all ingredients together and cook until thickened. Stir often. Remove from heat and cool. Pour into a 8 inch uncooked pie crust. Cover with top crust which has had holes pierced in it to allow steam to escape while cooking. Bake in a moderate oven until crust is golden and filling bubbles. Cool and serve with ice cream.
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Easy White Cake
2 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tsps. baking powder
1/2 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Crack the eggs into a measuring cup, beat slightly then add cream to the eggs to measure 1 cup.
Combine sugar, flour, baking powder and water and add egg mixture. Beat thoroughly. Add vanilla.
Pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack. Frost with favourite frosting.
Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net
