Easter Party Cake

Ingredients and Instructions

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup shortening

1 cup white sugar

1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/3 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

5 egg whites, stiffly beaten

1 cup white sugar

2 tablespoons water

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

2 egg whites

2 drops red food coloring

1/2 cup candy-coated milk chocolate eggs

1 cup flaked coconut

4 drops green food coloring

1. Cream butter or margarine and shortening. Add 1 cup sugar gradually,

beating until mixture resembles whipped cream.

2. Sift flour and baking powder together 3 times; add to creamed mixture

alternately with milk. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and almond extract.

Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites carefully. Pour batter into two greased 8 inch

round pans.

3. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cool layers

on wire racks.

4. To Make Boiled Icing: Place 1 cup sugar, water, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla,

cream of tartar, 2 egg whites, and red food colouring in top of double boiler.

Cook, beating constantly, until frosting is thick and creamy.

5. Frost cake with icing. Make a nest of green coconut on top of cake, and fill

nest with candy eggs. Sprinkle a border of coconut around base of cake.

Makes 15-20 servings.

6. To make green tinted coconut, Place coconut in a large plastic bag, put a

few drops of green food color in the bag and shake until desired consistency

is achieved. Makes 1 – 8 inch layer cake.