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nverland ([personal profile] nverland) wrote in [community profile] creative_cooks2015-03-30 05:05 am
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Classic Easter Dinner Cake

Classic Easter Dinner Cake
Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 40 min

Ingredients
1/2 cup sifted cake flour
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
6 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup sifted cake flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
6 egg yolks
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon cold water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Powdered sugar, for dusting

Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Sift 1/2 cup cake flour and 1/2 cup powdered sugar together three times.

Beat egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar, vanilla and salt. Beat until soft peaks form.

Gradually beat in 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Sift a fourth of the flour mixture at a time over top; fold in.

Sift 3/4 cup cake flour and baking powder together three times.

Beat yolks with lemon juice and water until thick, 5 to 7 minutes. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Sift a fourth of the flour mixture at a time over top; fold in.

Alternately spoon yellow and white mixtures into an ungreased 9- or 10-inch tube pan.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.

Invert and cool. Dust cake with powdered sugar.

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