Aunt Nell's My Cake Recipe - Old Cookbook Show - Glen And Friends Cooking

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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[jtodochartaigh]

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!

[rhondawest]

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

[anthonymccarthy]

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

[lusnorthernhome]

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

[Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

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.

[practicallyprepared]

Thank you for saying 1951 is not that old.

[Najvalsa]

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

[lesliemoiseauthor]

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

[TheTrwebster]

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.

[yvonnejinks]

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.

[LadyInBlue]

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

[caralynne]

Your Aunt Nell introduced butter tart squares to the US.

[RandomTorok]

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.

[peterszar]

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.

[jamesellsworth]

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

[lipstickzombie]

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

[alienora]

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.

[Spice_Curl]

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

[BOB_EDC]

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

[nancybrowne]

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.