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Easter Party Cake
Ingredients
Makes 1 x 8 inch layer cake
¼ cup butter
¼ cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
1¾ cups sifted cake flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
⅓ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons water
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
2 egg whites
2 drops red food colouring
½ cup candy-coated milk chocolate eggs
1 cup flaked coconut
4 drops green food colouring
Details
Serves: 20
Method
Cream butter, 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, ½ 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.
To make green tinted coconut, Place coconut in a large plastic bag, put a few drops of green food colour in the bag and shake until desired consistency is achieved.
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