June is National Candy Month, Dairy Month, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, Iced Tea Month, Papaya Month, Mango Month, Seafood Month, Turkey Lover's Month (?!), and Steakhouse Month.
June 1: Olive Day, Hazelnut Cake Day
June 2: Rocky Road Ice Cream Day
June 3: Egg Day
June 4: Cheese Day, Frozen Yogurt Day, Cognac Day
June 5: Moonshine Day, Gingerbread Day
June 6: Applesauce Cake Day
June 7: Chocolate Ice Cream Day, Doughnut Day (first Friday)
Father's Day is June 15th this year. Don't forget to include Dad, if you can, when you're compiling recipes for the cookbook. Maybe your father is the primary cook, or maybe he's just a pinch hitter, either way, you don't want to leave him out. (And if he cooks like my dad does, you'll probably need to stand with him while he's cooking to measure things as he goes or at least guestimate how much of that ingredient he just threw in the pot...)
I have a particular fondness for Applesauce Cake. This recipe is my maternal grandmother's.
Applesauce Cake
1/2 C.
shortening
1 1/2 C. sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 C. applesauce
1 C. chopped
raisins
2 C. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking
powder
1/2 tsp. baking
soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground
cloves
Directions: Thoroughly cream shortening with sugar.
Add eggs and beat well. Add applesauce, then sift dry ingredients together and
add gradually. Beat until smooth; add raisins. Bake in a greased and floured
13x9” pan at 350ºF for 30-45 minutes. Frost with easy penuche frosting.
Easy Penuche Frosting
1/2 C. butter or
margarine
1 C. brown
sugar, packed
1/4 C. milk
2 C. powdered
sugar
Directions: Melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in brown
sugar and heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; stir and boil over
low heat for 2 minutes. Stir in milk, return to boil and remove from heat. Cool
to lukewarm and gradually stir in powdered sugar. Let cool; beat to spreading
consistency. If the frosting gets too stiff, heat, stirring constantly. Frosts
1 13x9” cake or 2 9” layers.
