Your “young man” will sprightly turn to springtime fancy cake!
In the spring, a young (5 to 95) man’s fancy really turns to thoughts of “what’s cookin’?” And his mouth will water… his heart will melt… at the sight of this fluffy, fine-textured cake with marshmallow flowers.
Springtime fancy cake (1953)
Yield:
8
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Total Time:
35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 cups sifted cake flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/3 cups sugar
- 7/8 cup milk (1 cup minus 2 tablespoons)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs, unbeaten
Instructions
- Sift dry ingredients onto shortening.
- Add vanilla to milk.
- Add 2/3 of the liquid.
- Beat one minute (count 150 strokes per minute).
- Add remaining liquid and the eggs.
- Beat 2 minutes.
- Turn into deep 8-inch layer pans.
- Bake in moderate oven, 375 (F) for 25 minutes.
- Frost top and sides with green-colored buttercream frosting.
- With scissors, cut flower petals from marshmallows and cut gumdrops for centers.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 563Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 450mgCarbohydrates: 104gFiber: 1gSugar: 75gProtein: 5g
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