posted by Kayce 10-04-101 9:46 PM
Silver Jubilee Cake
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 egg whites stiffly beaten
Sift flour once, measure; add baking powder, and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly; add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy. Add flour alternately with milk. Beat until smooth. Add extract; fold in egg whites.
Place in two greased 9 inch cake pans and bake @ 375º for 30 minutes or till done. Put together with coconut Brazil Nut filling, and frost with white mountain frosting.
Brazil Nut filling:
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup angel flake coconut
1/2 cup sliced brazil nuts
Cook over medium heat 12 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Add coconut and Brazil nuts. Beat until cool.
White Mountain Frosting
1/2 cup sugar
2 TBS.water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
2 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
Mix in saucepan sugar, water, and syrup. Cover bring to a rolling boil; remove cover, cook to 242º, or until syrup spins a 6-8 in. thread.
Just before syrup is ready, beat egg whites until stiff enough to hold a point. Pour hot syrup very slowly in thin stream into egg whites. Beat until frosting holds peaks. Blend in vanilla