Great Grandmother's Fruit Filled Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 8 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup bourbon
• 1/2 cup sliced maraschino cherry
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 dash salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
• 3 combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. mix well after each addition.
• 4 stir in vanilla and fold in egg whites.
• 5 pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans. bake at 325 for 25 minutes or done. cool 10 minutes then remove from pans and cool completely.
• 6 filling:.
• 7 combine egg yolks, sugar, and butter in a 2 quart saucepan. cook over medium heat, stirring constant until thickened, about 20 minutes.
• 8 remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. cool completely.
• 9 frosting:.
• 10 combine first 5 frosting ingredients in double broiler; beat 30 seconds at low speed with mixer or until blended.
• 11 place over boiling water, beating constantly on high for about 8 minutes or until peaks form.
• 12 remove from heat and add vanilla. beat an additional 1 minute or until thick enough to spread.
• 13 build the cake using the filling in between each layer. there is enough frosting to cover the top and sides of this 3 layer cake.