Coffee Layer Cake recipe from 1941

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This Coffee Layer Cake appeared in the Minneapolis Tribune and Star Journal on June 10, 1941. The cake itself is more molasses-flavoured than coffee-flavoured. To enhance the coffeeness, I used a coffee flavoured frosting.
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Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake recipe from 1941

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This recipe comes from a newspaper dated May 18, 1941. It's a classic home bake. Relatively easy to make, moreish, and gone before you know it! 


The cake has the perfect amount of sweetness to compliment the zing from the rhubarb. Served warm with custard, it's a great dessert any time of the year.



INGREDIENTS

  • ½ cup unsalted butter (113g)
  • 1 ½ cup sugar (300g)
  • 2 eggs, well-beaten
  • 1 ¾ cup sifted cake flour (175g)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups rhubarb (1 ½ inch pieces)
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter (28g)


Note: All ingredients should be room temperature unless otherwise stated.


Method:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C
  • Grease an 8x8 square pan

  1. In a large bowl, cream the shortening. 
  2. Gradually add 1 cup of the sugar (200g), continuing to cream until light. 
  3. Add well-beaten eggs, and mix thoroughly. 
  4. Sift flour, then measure or weigh.
  5. In a medium-sized bowl, sift together pre-sifted flour, baking powder, and salt. 
  6. Add flour mixture alternately with the milk -- starting and ending with the flour mixture -- mixing until smooth and well-blended. Scrape down the bowl after each addition.
  7. Mix in vanilla extract.
  8. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together rhubarb, remaining ½ cup of sugar (100g), orange rind, and melted butter.
  9. Line the bottom of a well-greased 8x8x2-inch pan with the rhubarb mixture.
  10. Top the rhubarb mixture with the cake batter, spreading evenly to cover the rhubarb.
  11. Bake a preheated oven at 350°F/175°C for 40-45 minutes, or until done.
  12. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a large plate, and serve hot or cold, cut in squares, with or without cream.

Enjoy!


Original newspaper clipping:


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