Easter Party Cake
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
¼ | cup |
butter
|
|
¼ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
* |
1 | cup |
sugar
white |
|
1 ¾ | cups |
cake flour
sifted |
|
2 ½ | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
⅓ | cup |
milk
low fat |
|
1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
½ | teaspoon |
almond extract
|
* |
5 | large |
egg whites
stiffly beaten |
|
1 | cup |
sugar
white |
|
2 | tablespoons |
water
|
|
½ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
⅛ | teaspoon |
cream of tartar
|
* |
2 | large |
egg whites
|
|
2 | drops |
food coloring
red |
* |
½ | cup |
eggs
candy-coated milk chocolate |
|
1 | cup |
coconut, shredded, unsweetened (desiccated)
|
* |
4 | drops |
food coloring
green |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
59 | ml |
butter
|
|
59 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
237 | ml |
sugar
white |
|
414 | ml |
cake flour
sifted |
|
13 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
79 | ml |
milk
low fat |
|
5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
2.5 | ml |
almond extract
|
*
|
5 | large |
egg whites
stiffly beaten |
|
237 | ml |
sugar
white |
|
30 | ml |
water
|
|
2.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
0.6 | ml |
cream of tartar
|
*
|
2 | large |
egg whites
|
|
2 | drops |
food coloring
red |
*
|
118 | ml |
eggs
candy-coated milk chocolate |
|
237 | ml |
coconut, shredded, unsweetened (desiccated)
|
*
|
4 | drops |
food coloring
green |
*
|
Directions
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℉ (190℃) 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.
Makes 15 to 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.
lynn in ma
I added some pureed strawberries and a couple of drops of red food coloring to make the cake pink.
over 11 years agoThe photos look absolutely beautiful. I was wondering to make some dessert for Easter, then your photos appeared, and they look great! Thanks for sharing them with us right on time before Easter hits. I bet the cake tastes as good as it looks :) Happy Easter!
Liz
What a beautiful layer cake! There would be no complaints if this showed up as our Easter dessert :)
over 11 years ago