Description
Nice company or aniversary cake, this is a very old recipe.
Ingredients
- Butter
- Granulated Sugar
- Vanilla
- All-purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Whole Milk
- Egg Whites
- Egg Yolks
- Water
- Brandy Extract
- Pecans
- Raisins
- Candied Cherry
- Flaked Coconut
- Buttercream Frosting
Instructions
- Grease four 8 inch round pans, and flour
- Preheat oven 350 degrees
- Cream butter and sugar
- Add vanilla and beat all until fluffy and light
- Sift all dry ingredients together
- Add dry ingredients, alternating with milk, starting and ending with flour
- Beat the egg whites until stiff, and fold into the batter
- Pour into prepared pans
- Bake 25 minutes or until tester comes away clean
- Allow to cool, invert onto cooling rack
- Filling:
- In the top of a double boiler place the sugar and butter
- Beat well together
- Add the egg yolks and again beat well to incorporate all
- Stir int the water and brandy extract
- Place over boiling water in the bottom part of double boiler
- Cook stirring until thickened
- Remove and add, nuts fruit, and coconut
- Stir to combine well
- Let cool completely
- Fill cooled cakes with cooled filling
- Frost the top and sides with a fluffy seven minutes frosting, or your favoutie white creamy frosting