Easter Party Cake

Easter Party Cake

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
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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
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1/2 cup candy-coated milk chocolate eggs
1 cup flaked coconut

Directions:
e-book://Pages/easter_recipes.htm 2/16/2003
Easter Recipes of 73
4 drops green food coloring
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. Makes
1 – 8 inch layer cake.
EASTER PEANUT BUTTER EGGS