White Christmas Cake
Yield
1 cakePrep
20 minCook
60 minReady
80 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup |
water
|
|
| 4 | ounces |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| 1 | cup |
coconut
flaked |
*
|
| 1 | cup |
pecans
chopped |
|
| Frosting | |||
| 8 | ounces |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| ½ | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | pound |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
milk
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | ml |
water
|
|
| 115.6 | ml/g |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 15 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 591 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 237 | ml |
coconut
flaked |
*
|
| 237 | ml |
pecans
chopped |
|
| Frosting | |||
| 231.2 | ml/g |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| 118 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 453.6 | g |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 15 | ml |
milk
|
|
Directions
In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
Remove from the heat; stir in confectionery coating until melted.
Cool for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
Add egg yolks; mix well.
Beat in coating and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Mix well.
Stir in the coconut and pecans.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into the batter. pour into three greased and floured 8- in. square baking pans. Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Combine frosting ingredients ina mixing bowl; beat well.
Frost tops of two layers; stack on serving plat with plain layer on top.
Frost top and side of cake.
