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Aunt Nell's My Cake Recipe - Old Cookbook Show - Glen And Friends Cooking
This recipe comes from a 1951 Church Cookbook published in California - the specific recipe is from my Great Aunt Nell (Helena). It's a slice of culinary history form our old cookbooks.
'My Cake'
Part 1: 1 cup flour, ½ cup butter, 1/3 cup sugar. Mix these ingredients with fingers or pastry blender. Press on bottom of pan.
Part 2: 2 eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, 3 Tbsp flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, pinch salt, 1 cup walnuts or ½ cup cocoanut, 2 teaspoon vanilla. Spread on top of part 1.
Bake in a 350º oven until brown (about 25 minutes). Allow to cool in pan.
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@jtodochartaigh6834 2 года назад

Aunt Nell was my grandmother and I miss her, My Cake and meals at her house every day. I remember eating lots and lots of this with walnuts (try Chandler Walnuts) or coconut, not pecans, but this variation is very appealing as well. I watched her make My Cake many times and, just a guess, but I'm betting if she had a food processor, she would have used it to make this. I've never seen the photo you used, but thank you so much for this memory!

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 2 года назад

That picture was taken just as the family was setting off for their new life in Canada. Taken somewhere in England.

@maureenmclellan1845 2 года назад

So you and Glen are cousins?!

@jtodochartaigh6834 2 года назад

@@maureenmclellan1845 Yes. Glen and I have never met. Another cousin posted this link to me on Facebook and I've been enjoying his videos for about a week. I remember my grandmother showing me a copy of the cookbook he uses here and I believe one of my sisters has a copy.

@jtodochartaigh6834 2 года назад

@@GlenAndFriendsCooking - Thank you Glen! I would have thought it taken later, but I can identify everyone in the picture except the fellow in the glasses. I did meet your grandfather when he came to California one year for a visit and was quite a funny fellow as well as an ardent checkers player.

@ltsmash1200 2 года назад

What I would find interesting is if/how much her cake evolved after this book was published or how her kids/grandkids make it now.

@rhondawest6838 2 года назад

We called them butter tart squares. But I think "My Cake" is more appropriate, because when I make them, they're all mine.

@moniquemosley2122 2 года назад

@Rhonda West - 😂👍

@ashleyrobins3977 2 года назад

Very similar to our family's butter tart square as well!

@lindabarling7719 2 года назад

I herd dat😁

@wonderwend1 2 года назад

🤣🤣

@isabellejeakins5526 2 года назад

But alas, no butter

@practicallyprepared9389 2 года назад

Thank you for saying 1951 is not that old.

@curiousentertainment3008 2 года назад

Well it’s only 70 years ago so it’s not old.

@Jeffffrey0902 2 года назад

@@samiam619 I was expecting 80's.

@TheDriftwoodlover 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂

@anthonymccarthy4164 2 года назад

If Aunt Nell had a food processor I'll bet she'd have used it.

@Najvalsa 2 года назад

Would be interesting to see how your cousin's known version compares.

@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus 2 года назад

Although I enjoy the majority of your cooking videos. I have to admit, that the vintage cookbook show on Sunday is my favorite. I love bringing these old recipes back to life. And once you understand the lingo of the time. You can read all of these recipes, and do them in the 21st century. We have to remember that all these recipes, especially those with the least amount of instructions, is simply because people knew how to cook/bake back then. All the basic cooking and baking facts, were well instilled into these cooks from an early age. Something that we need to bring back. Anyway Glen, another good show, and I look forward to all of them.

@jilledmondson6894 2 года назад

I agree 100%. EVERYONE needs to know how to cook and bake from scratch. My grandfather was an excellent cook/baker and that was his US Army rank during WWI in France. He was born in 1891 and had to learn how to cook/bake at an early age.

@yvonnejinks7042 2 года назад

Your comment on getting almonds reminded me of when I first came to Canada in the early 70s. I used to send a box of Canadian apples to England each Christmas. They were always a hit, my family telling me that they had never seen apples so big. I used to order them through the Sears catalogue who delivered them to England. Times have changed. I might just make this recipe today. Thank you.

@LadyInBlue3 2 года назад

I look forward to seeing the old cookbook show every Sunday, thanks Glen.

@caralynne2809 2 года назад

Your Aunt Nell introduced butter tart squares to the US.

@peterszar 2 года назад

You know what I appreciate about, or is it aboot, ha ha. But seriously, you make and show so many simple, non fancy shmancy recipes, that don't need alot of special kitchen tools or appliances. I'm an older fella, now living alone, and I don't have more than a whisk and a manual hand beaterr. So recipes like this are excellent.

@sarah2.017 2 года назад

And his ingredients are almost always things that people are either going to happen to have on hand, or they can get them at any grocery store if they don't.

@GaryBoyd02 2 года назад

Haha well Mr Glen I am just about 4 years older than you and my grandmother made butter tart slice she called it and it was my fav thing that she baked. In fact I dug out the recipe for it she gave me when she was way in her 80s and made it for the first time recently. That is what you have there. Basically the same thing it is good isn't it. Fun fact grama and grandpa had good friends another couple and the woman's name was Nell. Wierd huh? Grama is long gone now 2001 at the age of 95.

@thompuckett9547 2 года назад

Thanks for the share of a "local recipe." I am from the area by Carmichael California. :) I will be making that recipe to go with my morning tea for this week.

@TheTrwebster 2 года назад

This would often show up at Thanksgiving- I love this dessert! And actually, Nell & George moved to California near the end of the 1920's. His brother wrote "if you have to be out of work, you may as well be out of work under an orange tree" so they moved to Southern California, with their two kids, my aunt and my dad. Dad's younger sister was born in CA.

@BOB_EDC 2 года назад

My daughter and I look forward to these every Sunday. We rush home frome church and make these old cook book recipes. Thanks you two are awesome

@susanterry8024 2 года назад

I watch every Sunday after church too!

@lesliemoiseauthor 2 года назад

I love your unexpected family connection in this episode of the old cookbook show!

@wendysumner8899 2 года назад

Looks similar to what my Mom would call a butter tarts square...a go to for church teas or her euchre nights back in the day!!! One of my favs!!

@patrizias9340 2 года назад

I was very surprised to discover the location of this week's cookbook as I am a current resident of Carmichael California. I can't wait to try your Aunt Nell's recipe!

@pennymcdonald1723 2 года назад

This looks like what we would call a "slice" in Australia.

@Dark0blivion 2 года назад

I'm Canadian but have visited Australia a few times. That's one of the first thing I noticed in some of the first cafes I visited, that what we'd call bars or squares are called slices there.

@lehewitt 2 года назад

Going to try this one! Love the old cookbook show. Show suggestion: my ancient Fannie Farmer from the early 30’s has an entire chapter devoted just to gingerbread. That would be a great one to bake your way through. 😋

@GaryBoyd02 2 года назад

My grandmother made the same thing it is good..

@lipstickzombie4981 2 года назад

My blood sugar raised just looking at at that 🍰.🥰

@bandiceet 2 года назад

Same - I had to reach for my blood sugar testing machine.

@alienora42 2 года назад

Sitting here 15 miles from Carmichael, watching someone in Canada making a Carmichael version of a Canadian recipe. Definitely going to make this one, that looks delicious.

@maddyf8398 2 года назад

My Canadian relatives also ended up in Carmichael, CA too, but in the 1920s.

@bflogal18 2 года назад

During the holidays, I make a dessert tray with multiple types of bars and cookies. I plan on adding Aunt Nell’s “cake” this year.

@trailduster6bt 2 года назад

Would love to make this with the coconut option. I wouldn’t think to have come up with something like this, but it looks interesting

@jjudy5869 2 года назад

Coconut plus pecans...bet it would be yummy. Coconut-pecan frosting baked on a cookie.

@callabeth258 2 года назад

This appears to be very similar to what my family calls apple walnut, you’re just missing the sliced apples that you beat (yes beat) into the brown sugar mix. Mum uses crushed walnuts and so once it gets beaten in with the apple you can’t really notice the nuts it just puts a little bit of nutty flavour through the dish which is good because i hate the texture of nuts! Let me know if you want me to get the recipe off Mum!

@Camper-kw5yr 2 года назад

That sounds yummy with apples. May I gave the recipe?

@TheDriftwoodlover 2 месяца назад

That does sound good with apples.

@lusnorthernhome3410 17 дней назад

Brought back a fond memory for me about the nuts. My great aunt would send Florida oranges and we would send her black walnuts

@alanblott4559 2 года назад

I can always tell how good your recipe end product is, by how fast you dive in with your fork or spoon for a second try....... This looks nice. Thank you.

@katherinetutschek4757 2 года назад

Or that signature look at the camera where you can see it in his eyes that it's a winner hehe

@jjudy5869 2 года назад

I noted that Julie was not the least bit bashful about going for that second bite like she is sometimes.

@llchapman1234 2 года назад

Glen either does his happy dance and/or goes in for seconds 😁❤

@MrSkeptikos 2 года назад

In my family there is a similar thing. Pie dough crust and for the topping we use honey, sugar chopped walnuts and eggs. My mom told me that the original recipe called for corn syrup instead of honey. We are from Argentina.

@colleenbertino2595 7 месяцев назад

Or as a Minnesotan would call them, Bars. Think I’ll try this with coconut and some chocolate chips

@noway234 2 года назад

I would love to see you make some Nanaimo bars.

@DavidBrown-ye5xv 2 года назад

This is going on our Christmas cookie platter this year. They’re amazing and easy

@fernhenry-pearsons1436 2 года назад

made it and it disappeared within a day....mysterious ķitchen mousies....

@devrarayvals5871 2 года назад

My mother made this quite often using only walnuts and we called it walnut squares. They always went quickly at bake sales.

@jeffmorse645 2 года назад

I love walnuts and live an hour north of Carmichael (Sacramento) in a region that many thousands of acres in walnut orchards. I'll definitely use them as your Aunt Nell would have in the recipe!

@SilkaLiveDoll 2 года назад

... I was legit over here watching this get put together, and blurted out, "... is that gooey butter cake?? It's gooey butter cake!"

@Spice_Curl 5 дней назад

This. is. absolutely. LEGENDARY! Your Aunt Nell was amazing! I literally make it every week and enjoy it on my cheat days.

@seanmackey1469 2 года назад

My family lives 1hr south of your Aunt Nell. They send me almond brital and raw almonds for Christmas

@arryospeedwagon 2 года назад

I live near Carmichael and have been there many times. Very cool this recipe came from my area. Definitely gonna make it.

@MichaelBoyle514 2 года назад

It's almost as if this would go in the "bars" section, not the "cakes" section. Either way, a straighforward take in the butter tart flavour realm is certainly always welcome.

@kaitlyn__L 2 года назад

Yes, a tray bake!

@mylerism 2 года назад

This is crazy. We live in Carmichael. Now we definitely have to make Aunt Nell's cake recipe with California almonds, of course. Cheers from stormy Northern California 💨💦🚣‍♂️

@MamaStyles 2 года назад

I miss west coast fall with its storms(i used to live on Vancouver island) We got our first real cold weather since May here in Windsor Ontario (its been record hot since spring) so this is a perfect rainy cold day recipe. Enjoy the storms

@jeffmorse645 2 года назад

Its incredibly stormy north of Sacramento today! Strongest storm I've seen in years. Yeah, it was cool to see our area mentioned in this episode.

@mylerism 2 года назад

Definitely glad to see the rainfall again! 😀

@na195097 2 года назад

Sounds like a pecan tassie in bar form.

@southernhushpuppy 2 года назад

Exactly. Southern treat

@RandomTorok 2 года назад

I had to watch this because I too had an aunt Nell. She was my most favorite person till she passed away from lunc cancer when I was only 8 years old. I was devastated and almost 60 years later I still miss her.

@RichardSamul 2 года назад

In the oven now, I’ll let you know how it comes out.

@luadraponies 2 года назад

We call this sort of thing a slice, not cake.

@theantemon6720 2 года назад

Can i just say I love it when you call us all friends? Maybe I need to go out more......

@MamaStyles 2 года назад

A butter tart like cake with no raisins?? OMG Im making this tonight.We have a ton of butter tart freaks here but no one likes raisins. Ty Glenn for the perfect recipe for a cool october day in ontario!

@pruneface9714 2 года назад

Please make the "Grand Slam Cake" lisyed under the "My Cake" recipe.

@nancybrowne367 Месяц назад

I have this recipe in my recipe box, where it's called Mrs. Hewlett's slice, after a woman who lived in our Saskatchewan community of Watrous in the 1950's. Thanks for the opportunity to remember this culinary delight. I will make it for the next special occasion. In the 1980's I taught my friends in graduate school to make it too.

@jamesellsworth9673 2 года назад

LET'S GIVE A CHEER TO AUNT NELL!😍 I guess the right cheer would be YUM-YUM; NELL NELL!

@figmo397 2 года назад

Those community cookbooks are the BEST. The recipes in there are all home-tested. They also reflect how people actually cook (as opposed to how they *want* others to think they cook).

@peterripson 2 года назад

Very reminiscent of chewy pecan squares.

@awalkthroughtorah6897 2 года назад

😍 the tradition in my family is hot water\coco\ butter chocolate cake. It's a pretty popular recipe, but it's always good. It also has a hot melted frosting on top with more butter and coco powder. Fluffy, yet moist and the frosting, with a pinch of salt, is nice and thin but not too much. Great warm or cold, or reheated. Just had it for my birthday yesterday. My kids are the rest of the sheet pan when hubby and I were out! Not happy! My mom made that cake for my 40th.

@GaryBoyd02 Месяц назад

My grandmother used to make my favourite thing which was a butter tart slice. It was very similar to this. Also she had a very good friend named Nell and her husband Vic. These people all lived in Winnipeg. Glen and I are close in age so it's funny we both remember things that were pretty similar in popularity for the time period. I have the written recipe from my Grama for the cake.

@evelynolenick7600 2 года назад

My grandmother made this at Christmas time.She put walnuts and coconut in it .I still make it for Christmas

@TheDriftwoodlover 2 месяца назад

Sounds great with coconut added.

@mosaicmonk4380 2 года назад

Welcome friend good morning 😃

@nadurkee46 Месяц назад

Enjoyed your reactions and comments whilst eating this and also the personal history connection.

@NKode 2 года назад

Now I want a butter tart

@barkerjames1980 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the video, Glen! Im a big fan of family recipes, and like you, im not a fan of coconut nor walnuts either. I'd have used pecans, too.

@mordeys 2 года назад

So its a bar cookie?

@kathybellamy5207 5 месяцев назад

Looks like a nice dessert to bring when invited to dinner and asked to bring something sweet. Yummy!!!

@jeannecastellano7181 Месяц назад

Can this recipe be doubled? It looks luscious, by the way.

@moniquemosley2122 2 года назад

That looks delicious. Wow, I may have to try this recipe. Seems like a nut pie/blondie combo.😋

@wmschooley1234 2 года назад

Thank you. It's really nice to see you do a “church lady” old cookbook recipe that comes from your own family. It would be interesting to know, perhaps from other family members, if your Aunt Nell ever modified or improvised on this recipe. Respectfully WS

@ValMacher 2 года назад

I have made this before, but with walnuts. However, no clue where the receipe came from. My grandparents moved to Stockton California in 1963. I saw them rarely, but every year at Christmas came a package: a half-gallon milk carton filled with shelled English Walnuts. They were always in my mother's freezer, ready for a baking project.

@hecate235 2 года назад

In the Midwest, this would be closer to a bar cookie (biscuit, as you say)... Still, looks yummy. Btw, in my youth, the family would order a box of Florida oranges through the school, They would arrive somewhere between US Thanksgiving and Christmas. I remember them being heavy, juicy, and as sweet as candy. Much better than the ones found in supermarkets now. (And no dyes.)

@RamonaQ 2 года назад

"Everything is available all the time, from everywhere...." @3:47 *GrapeNuts has entered the chat*

@joantrotter3005 2 года назад

I'm thinking pecans, and coconut, AND chocolate chips 😊. Other than Jello with fruit and yogurt, I think the only layered dish I've made was peanut butter cookie dough on bottom, then banana garbanzo bread, then black bean brownies on top. Between moving and the hurricane, not sure the temperature or time on this? 325* 9 minutes, then 8, then 16?

@brucecoulter3934 5 месяцев назад

I live in Carmichael near the church of which you speak. Love the videos.

@paul46038 2 года назад

Hoping to see some comments on ballpark baking time and how it came out for others. I don't bake much so was worried about the "bake until brown" instruction but wanted to try the coconut version (in a 9-inch metal pie pan). After 16 minutes, mine was quite dark brown, had risen slightly, then started to fall around the edges. It wiggled somewhat when I took it out of the oven but seemed to set as it cooled. Seemed to, but didn't. When I tried to cut out a test piece, it was goop. I covered it with foil, and went back in the oven for another 15 minutes. Cooled again, cut out a piece and tried it. Not bad but super sweet, still goopy and the cookie layer wasn't cooked. I'm sure it's user error, but I'll probably discard what's left and not try again.

@Eclecktic 2 года назад

While many are saying your Aunt Nell would use a food processor, I think she wouldn't like dirtying more than one bowl. I can imagine she made the crust, wiped out bowl before using it again (without washing) to mix up the egg, sugar and nut topping. I know I would with such a simple shortbread crust.

@annegrose259 2 года назад

They look just like what my mom called “nut smacks”. She was a ladies auxiliary part of the Legion and took them for for events.She would say don’t eat those they’re for the Legion.🙁

@trex70 2 года назад

I made it yesterday and i used plain White sugar (didnt had brown sugar) and it got hard, realy hard. Maybe my conversion tablet (cups to Gramm) was not entirely correct. Or the sugar is chemical very different (yours looks a little moist).

@dm7761 2 года назад

Her version with coconut and walnuts would be delicious! It would have elevated the typical butter tart square. Maybe you could try again..see how it differs? Yum!

@Jay-bo1gs 2 года назад

Dearest Glen & Julie, we made this today but the top part was not runny as runny as yours in the glass bowl. It also turned hard as rock. Are you sure there isn't anything missing from the recipe description? Water? Thanks for all the recipes this year.

@SharonHoyes 2 месяца назад

Pecan pie squares ❤ A staple in our house for holidays.

@mathsinger 2 года назад

Makes me think of pecan slices from Joy of Cooking. I liked the older version with no sugar in the "crust".

@umrumr9453 2 года назад

🥶❄️⛄️ Shall create a GF version of your Aunt Nell’s Cake; thank you.

@scottbradley7631 2 года назад

Think I'm going to replace the nuts with some chocolate chips and toffee pieces...

@TheGardenerNorth 2 года назад

My mother, would make a very similar recipe, it was called Walnut Slice and was almost exactly how you described the original, with coconut and walnuts. So good!

@wideawake8190 2 года назад

I have searched to see if you've ever done a vintage recipe on nanaimo bars. Didn't find a video. My aunt used to make them 70 years ago and they were sure a lot better than the commercial ones nowadays.

@adamburdt8794 2 года назад

This type and texture would be perfect with a scoop of ice cream. Like all cakes but this one in perticular.

@tomypreach 2 года назад

How do you make a RU-vid video without a sponsor these days Adam Regusa ? This is how !!

@OakRidgejet 2 года назад

Hello from Fair Oaks, California! (Just a few minutes east of Carmichael)

@vanderfleet-martin 2 года назад

My wife and I were discussing the concept of Butter Tart Bars just the other day. Would you suggest any modifications to this to up the butter tartness of the recipe?