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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 90 Minutes |
Ready In: 120 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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This cake is a great holiday treat. Hope that you will enjoy it. Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter |
1/4 cup shortening |
1 cup white 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 white 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 |
Directions:
1. Cream butter or margarine and shortening. Add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating until mixture resembles whipped cream.
2. 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.
3. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cool layers on wire racks.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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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