Nelson Family Recipe Book


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Spice Cake  
Carl Pearson  
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cup sugar  
/3 cup butter or margarine  
eggs  
cup molasses  
cup sour or buttermilk  
½ cups flour  
1 teaspoon soda  
1 teaspoon cloves  
1 teaspoon cinnamon  
a little nutmeg  
raisins  
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Bake in a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan at 350º for 35-40 minutes or until done.  
Butterscotch Frosting  
Carl Pearson  
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cup brown sugar  
tablespoons shortening  
tablespoons butter  
¼ teaspoon salt  
1/3 cup milk  
1 ½ cups powdered sugar  
Combine brown sugar, shortening, butter, and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add  
milk and boil slowly, 3 minutes. Cool. Add sugar and beat until thick enough to spread.  
Oatmeal Cake  
Joyce Mueller--recipe from her mom, Gladys Nelson  
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¼ cups boiling water  
cup quick oatmeal  
cup brown sugar  
cup shortening  
cup white sugar  
eggs  
1 1/3 cups flour  
cloves  
1 teaspoon cinnamon  
1 teaspoon soda  
½ teaspoon salt  
Pour water over oatmeal; let stand 20 minutes. Cream sugars and shortening. Add oatmeal and  
remaining ingredients. Bake in a 9 x 9 pan at 350º for 30-35 minutes.  
Frosting: Combine 1 cup brown sugar, ¼ cup milk, and ¼ cup butter; boil 2 minutes.  
Oatmeal Cake  
Kathryn Stanley  
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¾ cups boiling water  
cup oatmeal  
cup brown sugar  
cup white sugar  
cup butter  
2 eggs  
1 teaspoon baking soda  
1 teaspoon cinnamon  
1 ¾ cups flour  
½
½ teaspoon salt  
Pour water over oatmeal and let stand 10 minutes. Beat sugars and butter until smooth; add  
oatmeal. Add eggs; beat until smooth. Sift together remaining ingredients; add to mixture and  
mix until smooth. Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan and bake 35 minutes at 350º. Put the  
following topping on hot cake right out of oven: ½-¾ cup butter, ½ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup  
cream, 1 cup pecans, chopped, 1 cup coconut, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well and spread on  
cake. Put cake under broiler until the frosting is brown. This is a real moist cake and tastes  
good warm or cold, with or without ice cream.  
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