Lord Baltimore Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 8 egg yolks
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut (or 3 crumbled soft macaroon cookies)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry, drained and chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream butter; gradually add sugar; beat until fluffy.
• 2 beat egg yolks until thick and slowly add to the mixture.
• 3 mix together the cake flour, salt, and baking powder and add alternately with the milk.
• 4 add extracts.
• 5 pour mixture into 3 greased and floured 9-inch layer pans.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• 7 invert pans and continue cooling.
• 8 lord baltimore frosting.
• 9 mix sugar, cream of tartar, water and salt.
• 10 bring to boiling, stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 11 slowly add sugar to egg whites, beat with electric mixer until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.
• 12 beat in vanilla.
• 13 to 2 cups of frosting add remaining ingredients.
• 14 spread first layer of cake with half of the fruit frosting, cover with second layer.
• 15 spread with remaining fruit mixture.
• 16 top with third layer.
• 17 frost entire cake with remaining plain frosting.