After I posted a video about drinking Postum, the company sent me a nice thank you along with several jars of Postum including some of the flavors I haven’t tried.
In addition to all that, they also sent me a recipe for Postum Cake.
I finally got time to make it over the weekend.
Postum Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon Postum (I used the original flavor)
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 sticks of butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla
- 1 cup of boiling water
The recipe called for using two nine inch cake pans, but I’m sure it will work well with other sizes too. Grease and flour pans. I used parchment paper in the bottom of mine.
Mix sugar, flour and salt together.
Melt butter in pot over medium heat. While butter is melting add Postum to boiling water and stir well.
Add Postum to butter and bring to a boil; boil ten seconds.
In a separate bowl mix buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla.
Pour Postum butter mixture into flour mixture and stir.
Add egg mixture and stir till combined. Pour into pans and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or till done.
Cool layers completely.
Frosting
- 1 1/2 sticks softened butter
- 2 cups of powdered sugar (or less)
- 2 tablespoons Postum
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons heavy cream
Mix all ingredients till light and fluffy. I suggest adding powdered sugar a little at a time till the frosting is your preferred consistency. I used about a cup and and a half of powdered sugar. You can also adjust by adding more heavy cream if needed.
I’m not the greatest cake froster so I took the easy route of frosting between the layers and the top of the cake. It seemed like the recipe might need to be doubled to frost the entire cake. There was a note on the recipe that chocolate buttercream frosting also goes very well with the cake.
I was afraid the cake would be okay, I mean how could it not be good with all that sugar and butter 🙂 But I thought it would just be okay not really that good but not bad. I was pleasantly surprised to find I liked the cake a lot! It has sort of a mocha coffee caramel taste. The Deer Hunter said he liked it too so I know I’ll be making it again.
Last night’s video: The Best Strawberry Pie with Home Made Graham Cracker Crust.
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Morning Tipper. My dad was born in Poland in 1921. He left during WW2 to go to Scotland and England. Met my mom who was from Romania. They moved to Canada where my sister and me were born, then to California USA. My mom is a coffee lover. In all that time and travels, he never drank coffee. He drank tea and Postum. I’ve tried it off and on thru the years, but always go back to coffee. Some people drink Postum because they like it. Also, I think he didn’t need the cafeine. Thanks for your stories. Anna from Arkansas.
Hi Tipper! I made the Postum cake over the weekend, and it was a big hit at our house. My husband, son, and daughter love the unique flavor. I didn’t have any heavy cream for the icing, so I splashed in a little buttermilk as a substitute. It worked perfectly and added a tiniest bit of twang to the icing which we thought was excellent. I love the flavor of this cake as a fall dessert.thank you for sharing the recipe.
Janie-wonderful!! So glad it was a hit 🙂
That cake looks so yummy! I bet that chocolate postum would make good frosting.
When I was a little girl , I am 67 now , my grandma used Postum instead of coffee cause she was a Seventh Day Adventist, and wouldn’t use anything with caffeine she did something special with the Postum, she would put a heaping tablespoon of Postum and sprinkle it on top of Vanilla Icecream, it is simply amazing , very tasty , brings back fond memories
Debbie-I will have to try that 🙂
I have heard of Possum, but in CNY, I have never known anyone to drink it. Nor have I seen it in stores (but maybe because I’m not looking?). Its funny how food is regional. We have Grandma Brown Baked Beans – they are everyone’s favorite canned beans around here. The factory is only about and hour from me. I have a sister in Texas, and my mom has to ship cans of beans to her. We also have something called “Utica Greens”. I hate ’em, but everyone else raves about them. We have a large Italian population in the cities of Utica & Rome, but in the small town where I grew up (nearby) there were very few Italians. A lot of the regional recipes are of Italian/American conglomeration, but because there were no Italians near us, we never ate any of it. We’re mostly Irish & Polish ancestry. In fact, back in my great grandparents day, the prejudices were more towards Italians than African Americans. One great aunt was cast out because she married an eye-talion. My great grandmother’s idea of “sauce” was serving ketchup on top of spaghetti noodles. My dad hated it.
Tipper, the way you described it sounds yummy! 🙂 I’ve never seen Postum in any of our stores.
Since reading your blog about drinking Postum instead of coffee, I have looked in a couple of grocery stores and Walmart, but haven’t found it yet. I’m not sure if it’s because they stopped carrying it, or they were just out of stock. According to searching on line our local Walmart sells it, but I’ve not had any luck so far. The cake looks good, but at this point I just want to taste the drink. It was really nice of the company to send you the jars of new flavors to try. You’ll have to let us know what flavors they have and which flavors you like the best.
Save me a piece, Tipper! :>
Tipper, you never cease to amaze me! All the habits, foods, and ideas that I never think about anymore come right back to me in your daily blog. I have drank Postum, but it has been so long ago I had forgotten about it. Two things my Mom fixed that I rarely hear about anymore was hot tea when we were sick and a morning cup of Ovaltine. I think I tried Ovaltine years later to relive that comfortable sweet memory, but unfortunately it just did not taste as good without my Mom’s loving hands to make it just right. You are just one of the many blessings I am thankful for everyday. I do not know of anybody else or anything that captures totally the depth of how I feel about everything Appalachia.
I suppose all mankind feels that bond with where they were raised. I well remember a transplanted neighbor who would tear up when she spoke of her childhood home in a northern state. She married a West Virginian in service, and he brought her back to his mountains. Some 40 years later she is perfectly at home in the mountains, even though some of her children left to gain better employment.
Well now I’m going to have to go search for some Postum. I dont think I have ever seen it or heard of it before. Maybe I have and want paying attention. Which is very well possible.
Sounds great, but I’m not starting any new bad habits…LOL!!!
Yum! I ordered some after your post on Postum and really like it. I’m going to give this recipe a try. It looks yummy. Thanks for sharing it with us! Have a great week! Your friend in SC ❤️
I didn’t know they still made Postum.
I never drank or saw Postum in my whole life. There’s no way anybody could ever know even an inkling of what lieth out there in this world to try or know. I have heard of it I guess many years ago, but maybe not. Enjoy the Postum cake! I know you will! Lol I got a recipe for a peanut butter cake and I tell you it was like a taste blast from the past. It’s gone now but lasted a week. Have a great day all!!!
This sounds like a really good recipe. Did you also drink a cup of Postum with the cake 🙂
Coffee flavored anything is my favorite and will try this as soon as I can get some postum at the store. Thanks!
Such a memory to share, it has been eons since I remembered Postum and WWII. Postum is now on my shopping list. Thanks again for all that you share and getting a glimps into your past and history. God Bless.
Thank you for sharing this Tipper. It sounds delicious and like something I’d really enjoy. I guess I’ll be on the lookout for Postum the next time I’m out.
Now zi gotta try this cake
My grandfather (Daddy Curt) loved Podtum. He started drinking it when coffee was rationed in WWII. I would love to go stay with grandparents in the summer my favorite breajfast was Postum with milk and sugar and flat pancakes snd homemade chocolate syrup.
I’ll be over to try a piece, that is if there is any left! Who would have ever thought of using Postum in a cake!