Lane Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, 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 or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4-1/2 cup bourbon
• 1/2 cup sliced maraschino cherry
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 8 teaspoons water
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1 dash salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• pecan halves (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for cake:cream butter: gradually add sugar, beatin well.
• 2 combine dry ingredients, add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• 3 mix well after each addition.
• 4 stir in vanilla.
• 5 fold in egg whites.
• 6 pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9 in round cake pans.
• 7 bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.
• 9 for filling:combine egg yolks, sugar and butter in a 2 quart saucepan.
• 10 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, about 20 minutes until thickened.
• 11 remove from heat, and stir in remaining ingredients.
• 12 cool completely.
• 13 for frosting: combine the first 5 ingredients in top of a double boiler; beat 30 seconds at low speed of electric mixer or just until blended.
• 14 place over boiling water; beat constantly on high speed 7 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
• 15 remove from heat.
• 16 add vanilla; beat an additional 1 minute or until the mixture is thick enough to spread.
• 17 to assemble cake: spread filling between layers and on top of cake; spread sides with frosting.
• 18 garnish with pecan halves, if desired.