Graham Crackers

Ingredients

• 2 Cups of Graham Flour
• 1 Cup White Flour
• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Butter
• 1 Egg
• salt to taste

Direction

1. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Roll ingredients on a sheet pan.
3. Bake in a quick oven (425 °F (218°C)).

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Gladys Buster
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2019

Graham Crackers

Ingredients

• 2 Cups of Graham Flour
• 1 Cup White Flour
• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Butter
• 1 Egg
• salt to taste

Direction

1. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Roll ingredients on a sheet pan.
3. Bake in a quick oven (425 °F (218°C)).

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Gladys Buster
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2019

Wine Cakes

 

Ingredients

• Cake: 1 ounce Fleshmen's yeast
• 1/2 Pint water
• Flour
• 4 Eggs separated 
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• Nutmeg
• Dixie lemon extract
• Syrup: 1 pound white sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 fresh lemon
• a piece of nutmeg or mace
• a small piece of cinnamon
• unfermented wine

Directions

Cake:

1. Dissolve yeast in water.
2. Add flour to dissolve yeast mixture to make a thick batter.
3. Set the batter aside and let it rise.
4. After the batter has risen sufficiently, add the yolks of the eggs with butter, nutmeg, few drops of lemon extract, and flour to make the batter thick.
5. Set aside for 30 minutes.
6. Grease and flour 12- 15 small fancy cake molds and fill 3/4 full.
7. Let the cakes in the molds rise 1/2 hour.
8. Put in oven and bake 20- 25 minute.

Syrup:

1. Combine sugar, water, lemon, nutmeg or mace, and cinnamon.
2. Cook until it forms a string syrup.
3. Add the unfermented wine.
4. When cakes are baked thoroughly, soak in syrup.
5. Set in a sieve to drain.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Samantha Hillman
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021

Wine Cakes

 

Ingredients

• Cake: 1 ounce Fleshmen's yeast
• 1/2 Pint water
• Flour
• 4 Eggs separated 
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• Nutmeg
• Dixie lemon extract
• Syrup: 1 pound white sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 fresh lemon
• a piece of nutmeg or mace
• a small piece of cinnamon
• unfermented wine

Directions

Cake:

1. Dissolve yeast in water.
2. Add flour to dissolve yeast mixture to make a thick batter.
3. Set the batter aside and let it rise.
4. After the batter has risen sufficiently, add the yolks of the eggs with butter, nutmeg, few drops of lemon extract, and flour to make the batter thick.
5. Set aside for 30 minutes.
6. Grease and flour 12- 15 small fancy cake molds and fill 3/4 full.
7. Let the cakes in the molds rise 1/2 hour.
8. Put in oven and bake 20- 25 minute.

Syrup:

1. Combine sugar, water, lemon, nutmeg or mace, and cinnamon.
2. Cook until it forms a string syrup.
3. Add the unfermented wine.
4. When cakes are baked thoroughly, soak in syrup.
5. Set in a sieve to drain.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Samantha Hillman
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021

Patty's Chocolate Pound Cake

 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of shortening
• 2 sticks of marharine
• 3 cups of sugar
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 5 heaping tsp of cocoa
• 1 Tbsp of vanilla

Directions

1. Cream margarine, shortening, and sugar.
2. Add eggs, beating well.
3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together.
4. Add flour mixture alternating with milk, to creamed mixture.Add vanilla.
5. Bake in well-greased and floured tube cake pan for 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325.
6. Ice cake while hot.

Icing

Ingredients

• 2/3 stick margarine, creamed
• 2/3 box of confectioners' sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 3 Tbsp of hot coffee
• 1 heaping Tbsp of cocoa

Directions

1. Cream margarine, gradually adding sugar, then other ingredients.
2. Mix well and spread over hot cake. (This freezes well.)

Source — Encore: A Second Cookbook
Prepared by Elizabeth Foster
September 27, 2021

Patty's Chocolate Pound Cake

 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of shortening
• 2 sticks of marharine
• 3 cups of sugar
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 5 heaping tsp of cocoa
• 1 Tbsp of vanilla

Directions

1. Cream margarine, shortening, and sugar.
2. Add eggs, beating well.
3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together.
4. Add flour mixture alternating with milk, to creamed mixture.Add vanilla.
5. Bake in well-greased and floured tube cake pan for 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325.
6. Ice cake while hot.

Icing

Ingredients

• 2/3 stick margarine, creamed
• 2/3 box of confectioners' sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 3 Tbsp of hot coffee
• 1 heaping Tbsp of cocoa

Directions

1. Cream margarine, gradually adding sugar, then other ingredients.
2. Mix well and spread over hot cake. (This freezes well.)

Source — Encore: A Second Cookbook
Prepared by Elizabeth Foster
September 27, 2021

Boiled Ducks

 Ingredients

• Ducks
• Salt
• Flour
• Onion Sauce

Directions

1. Clean and pluck the ducks.
2. Salt the ducks for 30 hours before cooking.
3. Flour a clean white cloth and boil the ducks in it. (A normal sized duck will take about an hour of boiling.)
4. Serve with a rich onion sauce.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Elizabeth Foster
Louisiana Anthology
September 27, 2021