Hi, there!
I’m Michael Hastings, the food editor of the Winston-Salem Journal. This is our new presentation of the recipes you send in to us. Recipes that have been published in the Journal have a green check mark.
Recipes Needed
• Brownie Cake
Pat Farthing would like a recipe for a brownie cake with a brownie crust, chocolate filling and a frosting.
• Cabbage Casserole
Jerry Brinegar is looking for a cabbage casserole topped with cracker crumbs.
• Cheese-Bread Bowls
Kaye French of Pilot Mountain would like a recipe for cheddar-cheese bread bowls. This is yeast bread for which the dough is draped over upside-down, ovenproof bowls and then baked.
• Coconut Macaroons
• Donut Twists and Long Johns
Kathleen Rohde would like the recipes for two pastries that are popular in Chicago. Both are made with yeast doughs. One is for twists, which are twisted pieces of dough about 6 inches long that are glazed or dusted with granulated sugar. The other is for "long johns," which are rectangular pastries with a light sugar glaze.
• Flourless Macaroon Cake
Maryann Hill, an online reader from Sterling, Ill., is looking for a recipe for a flourless macaroon cake with praline buttercream.
• Hot-Dog Slaw
Reid Warren is looking for a recipe for the hot-dog slaw served years ago at the former Dine In Car at the corner of Liberty Street and Akron Drive. He recalls it as a mayonnaise-based slaw that's a little sweet.
• John Smith Pound Cake
Kitty Hudnor of West Jefferson is looking for a recipe for John Smith pound cake, which she said was made in the old Colonial Stores in Greensboro in the 1950s.
• Marble Pound Cake
Jean MacArthur would like a recipe for vanilla-and-chocolate marbled pound cake.
• Marinated Vegetables
Jerry Brinegar is looking for marinated (essentially pickled) vegetables, including cauliflower, broccoli and others.
• Mayonnaise Cake
Margaret Mulvey is looking for a recipe for mayonnaise cake, that is a cake that includes mayonnaise in the batter.
• Moravian Sugar Cake
Jerry Brinegar would like a recipe for Moravian sugar cake that does not use yeast like the traditional recipe.
• Nilla Wafer Cake
Debbie Bonner, an online reader from Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., would like a recipe for a yellow layer cake that uses crushed vanilla wafers, such as Nilla brand cookies, in the batter. The layer cake can have either a cream-cheese or butter-cream frosting.
• Spaghetti & Meatballs
• Stuffed Mushrooms
• Sweet-Potato Dish with Oranges
Nancy Morrison, an online reader from Westerville, Ohio, is looking for a sweet-potato dish much like candied sweet potatoes, with chunks of orange, including the peel, in it.