White Christmas Cake
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Ingredients: 1/2
cup
Water 4
ounces
White confectionery coating 1
cup
Butter or margarine,
softened
2
cups
Sugar 4
Eggs,
separated
1
tablespoon
Vanilla extract 2 1/2
cups
All-purpose flour 1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1
cup
Buttermilk 1
cup
Flaked coconut 1
cup
Chopped pecans
-----FROSTING----- 8
ounces
Cream cheese,
softened
1/2
cup
Butter or margarine,
softened
1
teaspoon
Vanilla extract 1
pound
Confectioners' sugar 1
tablespoon
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 for 25-30 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. Yield: 10-12 servings.
epdavis@befac.indstate.edu Sue Davis Educational & School Psychology Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809
Posted By epdavis@befac.indstate.edu (Sue Davis) On rec.food.recipes or rec.food.cooking
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