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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Easter Party Cake

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 2 drops red food coloring
  • 1/2 cup candy-coated milk chocolate eggs
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 4 drops green food coloring

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

    Ready Time: 2 hrs

  • cream butter or margarine and shortening. add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating until mixture resembles whipped cream.
  • sift flour and baking powder together 3 times; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and almond extract. fold in stiffly beaten egg whites carefully. pour batter into two greased 8 inch round pans.
  • bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). cool layers on wire racks.
  • to make boiled icing: place 1 cup sugar, water, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, cream of tartar, 2 egg whites, and red food colouring in top of double boiler. cook, beating constantly, until frosting is thick and creamy.
  • frost cake with icing. make a nest of green coconut on top of cake, and fill nest with candy eggs. sprinkle a border of coconut around base of cake. makes 15-20 servings.
  • to make green tinted coconut, place coconut in a large plastic bag, put a few drops of green food color in the bag and shake until desired consistency is achieved.

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