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Daffadil Cake (Easter Dinner Cake)

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Cake Desserts Easter Holiday

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 c Sifted cake flour
  • 1/2 c Sifted powdered sugar
  • 6 Egg whites
  • 1/2 ts Cream of tartar
  • 1/2 ts Vanilla
  • 1/8 ts Salt
  • 1/2 c Granulated sugar
  • 3/4 c Sifted cake flour
  • 3/4 ts Baking powder
  • 6 Egg yolks
  • 2 tb Lemon juice
  • 1 tb Cold water
  • 1/2 c Granulated sugar
  • Powdered sugar

Directions:

White part: Sift 1/2 cup cake flour and 1/2 cup powdered sugar together three times. Beat egg whites till frothy; add cream of tartar, vanilla, and salt. Beat till 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.
 
Yellow part: Sift 3/4 cup cake flour and baking powder together three times. Beat yolks with 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 at 375 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. Invert and cool. Dust cake with powdered sugar.
 
From: Better Homes and Gardens GOLDEN TREASURY OF COOKING, Meredith Corp., 1973. SBN 696-00640-5 Shared by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 5/94 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Chat Cat" <maintech@ne.infi.net> on Mar 26, 98