Lady Baltimore Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Cake flour | 2 2/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 1 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Baking powder | 4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Vegetable shortening | 2/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1 1/4 pups milk | ||
| Vanilla | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Egg whites | 4 | |
| Pink Mountain Frosting | ||
| Lady Baltimore Filling | ||
Directions
1. Grease bottoms of two 9-inch layer cake pans; line pans with wax paper; grease and flour paper; tap out. 2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, shortening, 3/4 cup milk and vanilla in the large bowl of electric mixer. Beat at low speed until blended, then beat at high speed for 2 minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup milk and egg whites; continue beating at high speed, scraping down side of bowl often, 2 minutes longer; pour batter into pans.
3. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 30 minutes, or until center springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.
4. Cool layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; loosen around edges with a knife; turn out onto wire racks; remove wax paper; cool completely.
5. Put layers together with lady Baltimore filling; frost side and top with pink mountain frosting. Decorate with maraschino cherry halves and pecan halves, if you wish.
3. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 30 minutes, or until center springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip.
4. Cool layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; loosen around edges with a knife; turn out onto wire racks; remove wax paper; cool completely.
5. Put layers together with lady Baltimore filling; frost side and top with pink mountain frosting. Decorate with maraschino cherry halves and pecan halves, if you wish.
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