Mystery recipe... what does it make?

[fenchurche]

I've been going through my grandma's recipe box recently, which is cram packed full of mostly handwritten recipes for cookies and cakes (with the occasional main dish thrown in for good measure). Today, I came across this list of ingredients written on the back of a ticket for the 24 July 1969 Pioneer Day Celebration Ball Game between Idaho Falls

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[cyndisuesue]

Oh my gosh, that's the base for zillions of things! See: http://www.yummly.com/recipes/flour-sugar-butter-eggs-vanilla-baking-powder

What a great task!

[deborahw37]

It looks like vanilla Victoria sponge.. a big and very sweet one cos that'a a lot of sugar!
Try creaming the butter and sugar , beating in the eggs and adding the vanilla to the milk and beating that in, add the salt to the flour and fold that in then I'd put it either into a tray bake tin or 2 or even 4 shallow round tins ( cos that's a LOT of mix) bake in pre heated oven at 180/200 degrees Celsius ( 350F/ gas mark 4) for about 20-25 mins until the top is golden and it springs back when you press it

You can either frost the top or sandwich the cakes together with jam and butter cream or both

[lala412]

WOW that would make a lot! The ticket was less than a week after I was born, too, and two days before my mom's 18th birthday. :-)

[fenchurche]

It was from about a month after I was born! Kind of puts it in perspective. I was actually a little shocked when I turned it over and saw the date on it, because it's in great shape (not surprising since it's likely been in her recipe box since then).

[fenchurche]

I ended up creaming the butter and sugar then beating in the eggs. I sifted the dry ingredients together and also combined the milk and vanilla, then alternated adding them to the sugar mixture and it seems to be turning out pretty well. Definitely a cake batter (well, it looks and tastes like cake batter) and I've got it in the oven now!

[curiouswombat]

Yes - the proportion are wrong for a normal cake - you would never put more sugar than flour - and you would usually have the same amount of sugar as fat. The only thing I know with such a high proportion of sugar is a brownie-type bake. I'm not sure about a cookie recipe - I think it would be too runny for that.

[tx_cronopio]

Wow, that's a lot of ingredients! I'm thinking sugar cookies. Not enough liquid for a cake.

[fenchurche]

It was definitely a cake! I've got some photos up of it now. I would put it in the spongecake category, I think. Not a smooth-textured cake, but still really tasty and I think it would be fantastic with a glaze or with fruit or with both.

[fenchurche]

Thanks! And what a great website! Gonna bookmark that one for future reference.