Lady Baltimore cake
Lady Baltimore cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- Syrup:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- Filling:
- White mountain frosting
- 2 cups pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup figs, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup raisins
- Brandy and sherry, optional
Recipe method:
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt several times. Set aside.
- Cream butter until very soft, then work in 1 cup of the sugar, a little at a time, until mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add flour and milk alternately, starting with one fourth of the flour.
- Stir only until mixed, then stir in one third of the milk.
- Follow this procedure, ending with flour.
- Beat egg whites until they stand in peaks, then beat in remaining sugar, a little at a time, making sure you incorporate all the sugar into the meringue.
- Fold meringue into batter, gently but thoroughly, until all white patches have disappeared.
- Mix in almond extract.
- Grease and flour three, 9 inch, cake pans.
- Pour batter into pans, dividing it equally.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake pulls away from side of pan or a wooden pick inserted in center comes out dry.
- Cool for 5 minutes, then turn out on cake racks.
- While cake bakes, make a thick syrup with sugar and water.
- Bring slowly to a boil, then boil for 6 or 7 minutes.
- Flavor with almond extract.
- Spoon this syrup over the cake while it is still hot.
- Then cool the cake.
- Prepare white mountain frosting and divide in half.
- Chop nuts, figs and raisins. They may be soaked overnight in brandy or sherry. Add to half of the frosting.
- To finish the cake, place bottom layer on a very large, flat cake plate.
- Spread with half the nut-fruit filling.
- Cover with second layer and the remainder of the filling.
- Place third layer on top.
- Frost sides and top with remainder of white mountain frosting.
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