Chopped Apple Cake

This is very good cake and from 1967.


Chopped Apple Cake
Mrs. Oran Chilton

2 cups sugar
2/3 cup butter or shortening ( I used margarine)
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
3 cups sifted flour
1 cup nutmeats, chopped
2 cups raw apples, chopped
1 cups golden raisins, cooked and chopped( I just put them in like they was)
1 cup strong black coffee, cold
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon allspice

Cream sugar nad shortening. Add eggs and cream. Sift flour, soda, and spices together. Add sifted mixture alternately with cold coffee. Stir in raisins, nutmeats and chopped apples. Bake in 9 x 12-inch loaf pan 1 hour at 350 degrees. Loaf pan may be used. Top with favorite icing or sprinkle with chopped nutmeats. One cups of candied fruit may be added before baking.

* I did not frost mine, it sure is good.

Prune Plum Cake

Ok I know I do not want to try this one,I don`t like prunes, yuck, But I know some people do , so if you try this let me know how it turns out.This recipe is from 1967. Thought it will keep you regular, lol

Prune Plum Cake
Mrs. C. O. Anderson

1 1/2 pounds prune plums ( is there any other kind)
pastry for 2-crust pie
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 Tablespoons tapicoa

Pit plums and cut in half, then cut each half into 3 pieces. Combine lemon juice, sugar and tapicoa. Mix with plums and pour into pie crust. Top with crust. Bake 20 minutes at 425 degrees. Lower heat to 350 degrees and bake 25 minutes. Serves 6


* ok it don`t use prune,just plums ,it might be ok thoug I really don`t care for plums that well.

Cooked Icing

I have tried this recipe and it is goood. This recipe comes from 1967

Cooked Icing

7 Tablespoon flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
2 sticks butter
2 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cook flour and 1 cup milk in top of double boiler until consistency of mashed potatoes. Cover and cool. Combine sugar, butter ,2 Tablespoon milk and vanilla, then flour mixture. Beat for 15 minutes and frost warm cake.

quick scallop potatoes

This recipe is very good and easy to make. It comes from 1967 Kansan`s Silver Spoon Cookbook.


Quick Scallop Potatoes
Mrs. Larry E. Franklin

5 baked potatoes, large
1 can cheddar cheese soup ( I didn`t realize Campbell had this is 1967)
salt and pepper

Slice potatoes in baking dish .Add soup and salt and pepper. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

peach jelly

I have been busy in the kitchen today and yesterday. I made peach jelly, yummy.My first batch did not jelly as I would like, so redid ,I used 4 cups of peach juice instead, so I figured that was that reason why it didn`t jell ,so the next batch I used 3 cups of juice and it worked. I canned about 5 -half pints and 9 -pints of peach jelly. I used seconds from Uncle Rooster`s orchard. I also have my jellies there now as well.I would like to know if any was sold, since friday when I took them over there

Hamburger and Rice Casserole

This recipe is from 1967 Silver Spoon cookbook that the newspaper The Kansan put out back in that year. I have tried this recipe and it is very good, even after be heated up in the microwave the second night. It was gone the second night, the chickens didn`t get any, lol.

Hamburger and Rice Casserole
Mrs. Robert Lipp

1 1/2 pound ground beef
1 onion
1 1/2 cup rice, cooked
1/2 can mushroom soup ( I used the whole can)
1 can of chicken noodle soup
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon shortening

Place shortening in skillet and add ground beef which has been broken into small pieces. Sear, but do not brown ( ok ,I browned)Cut onions into very small pieces and add to ground beef. Cook slowly for 15 minutes. Add rest of ingredients and mix well. Pour into greased baking dish and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.


* I bake mine longer then 25 minutes , of course I baked in the toaster oven, I didn`t want to heat the whole house up.

Busy Lady Cheese and Tuna Casserole

This recipe is from 1967 and if you like casseroles with alot of tomato taste this is for you.

Busy Lady Cheese and Tuna Casserole
Mrs. Mary Frances Spalding

2 can biscuits
1 pound can ( 2 cups) cut green beans, drained
2 7-oz cans tuna, drained and flaked
3 Tablespoons flour
8 oz ( 2 cups) cheddar cheese, shredded
1 3 1/2 -oz can french fried onions
4 cans condensed tomato soup
1 cup milk
4 drops hot pepper sauce
parsley flakes

In 2 1/2 quart casserole, layer beans, tuna, 1 Tablespoon flour and cheese. Reserve 1/2 cup onions. Sprinkle with remainder of cheese. Combine soup, remaining flour, milk and hot pepper sauce. Pour over onions. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Place biscuits around edge of casserole. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. During last 2 minutes of baking, sprinkle reserved onions in center of casserole and parsley on biscuits. Serves 6.