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.