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This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Mclean Estate in Irving, Texas in 1982. | This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Mclean Estate in Irving, Texas in 1982. | ||
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# Preheat oven to 375°F. | # Preheat oven to 375°F. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:37, 15 July 2012
Description
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Mclean Estate in Irving, Texas in 1982. From "Catsrecipes Y-Group"[1]
- an Original Old Swans Down Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake
- 2¾ cup sifted cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- ¾ cup milk
- ¾ teaspoon orange extract
- ¾ teaspoon almond extract
- 3 eggs
- 1 egg yolk unbeaten
Festive frosting
- 2 egg whites unbeaten
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons water
- 1½ teaspoons light corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Procedures
Cake
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Grease and lightly flour tube pan.
- Sift flour before measuring.
- Measure dry ingredients into sifter.
- Stir shortening in bowl just to soften then sift in dry ingredients then add milk and flavoring and mix until all flour is dampened.
- Beat for about 2 minutes at low speed then add eggs and yolk and beat 1 minute longer at low speed scraping down sides of bowl often.
- Turn batter into pan then bake at 375°F for 1 hour until done.
- Cool cake in pan for 15 minutes then loosen from sides of pain with spatula and turn right side up on rack to cool before frosting.
Festive frosting
- Combine egg whites, sugar, water and corn syrup in top of double boiler beating with a whisk until thoroughly mixed then place over rapidly boiling water beating constantly with whisk and cook 7 minutes.
- Remove from boiling water then add flavoring and beat until thick enough to spread.
- ↑ "Catsrecipes Y-Group" http://Groups.Yahoo.Com/Group/Catsrecipes/ Catsrecipes Y-Group
