Jane’s Kitchen: Cloud-High Coconut Cake with Pineapple Fiilling (or Snowball Cake)

“From a magazine recipe my mom found in the early 1960’s. The very best coconut cake ever. The yellow cake is the easiest, most foolproof cake, and the most delicious. It’s hard to imagine it’s made with shortening, it tastes so buttery. Unfrosted cake freezes well; use for trifle or shortcake. Frosting makes great meringues […]

Jane’s Kitchen: Honeydew or Cantaloupe Loaf Cake

A great use for leftover fruit tray honeydew or cantaloupe!   Servings: 20 2 cups honeydew puree (or use cantaloupe instead)  3 eggs  2 teaspoons vanilla  1 cup vegetable oil  2 cups sugar  3 cups flour  1 teaspoon baking soda  1 dash salt  3/4 teaspoon baking powder optional glaze: some puree honeydew mixed with powdered […]