Funny Cake Recipe
Item
Title
Funny Cake Recipe
Type
Text
Creator
Deborah Szmodis
Description
This recipe card for Funny Cake is handwritten in blue ink. Funny Cake is a Pennsylvania Dutch recipe that’s a vanilla cake baked in a pie crust. It’s also known for being "funny" because the layer of chocolate, after being poured on top of the batter, will sink to the bottom of the pie when baking.
Transcription (front):
funny cake
1 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 ½ cup sifted flour
½ t. salt
¼ cup butter
1 cup milk
2 t. baking powder
vanilla
Mix in cake
Fashion pour in unbaked pie crust.
Transcription (back):
½ cup cocoa (scant)
1 cup warm water
1 cup sugar
1 t. vanilla
mix and pour over top of
batter. bake at 375° about 20-25 min.
makes 3 8” pies.
Transcription (front):
funny cake
1 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 ½ cup sifted flour
½ t. salt
¼ cup butter
1 cup milk
2 t. baking powder
vanilla
Mix in cake
Fashion pour in unbaked pie crust.
Transcription (back):
½ cup cocoa (scant)
1 cup warm water
1 cup sugar
1 t. vanilla
mix and pour over top of
batter. bake at 375° about 20-25 min.
makes 3 8” pies.
Format
Index card, 5 x 3 inches
Language
English
Place
Pennsylvania—Northampton
Contributor
Paige Szmodis
Relation
Subject
Recipes
Recipe card
Baking
Desserts
Cake
Pies
Pennsylvania Dutch
Recipe card
Baking
Desserts
Cake
Pies
Pennsylvania Dutch