Recipe: Coconut Layer Cake with Lemon Filling and Wonderful Marshmallow-Like Frosting
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COCONUT LAYER CAKE WITH LEMON FILLING
Source: The Summer Book by Susan Branch
LEMON FILLING:
Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
When grating rind, take special care not to get the bitter white part.
Put all ingredients in double boiler, stir over simmering water till thickened-15-20 minutes. Chill.
CAKE (makes three 8-inch layers):
6 Tablespoons butter, room temp.
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, separated
2 1/4 cups flour, sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks and beat until thick and lemon-colored.
With a fork, mix together dry ingredients and add them to egg mixture alternately with the milk; stir in vanilla. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Divide batter between 3 buttered 8=inch cake pans and bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely and remove from pans.
Before frosting cut off rough edges of cake with sharp scissors.
WONDERFUL MARSHMALLOW-LIKE FROSTING:
1/3 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
pinch of salt
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla
sweetened coconut
Stir the water, sugar, cream of tartar and salt together in a small heavy-bottomed pan. Hook a candy thermometer to the edge of the pan and boil without stirring until mixture reaches 240 degrees F.
Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff. Pour the 240-degree syrup over the whites in a thin stream, beating constantly until thick and glossy. Stir in vanilla.
TO ASSEMBLE:
Put the chilled lemon filling between cooled layers-try not to let too much of it get out the sides. Frost the cake with the Wonderful Marshmallow-Like Frosting then sprinkle on coconut thickly, gently pressing it into the sides. During this process the cake may try to slip and slide, but just slide it back straight.
COCONUT LAYER CAKE WITH LEMON FILLING
Source: The Summer Book by Susan Branch
LEMON FILLING:
Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
When grating rind, take special care not to get the bitter white part.
Put all ingredients in double boiler, stir over simmering water till thickened-15-20 minutes. Chill.
CAKE (makes three 8-inch layers):
6 Tablespoons butter, room temp.
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs, separated
2 1/4 cups flour, sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolks and beat until thick and lemon-colored.
With a fork, mix together dry ingredients and add them to egg mixture alternately with the milk; stir in vanilla. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Divide batter between 3 buttered 8=inch cake pans and bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely and remove from pans.
Before frosting cut off rough edges of cake with sharp scissors.
WONDERFUL MARSHMALLOW-LIKE FROSTING:
1/3 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
pinch of salt
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla
sweetened coconut
Stir the water, sugar, cream of tartar and salt together in a small heavy-bottomed pan. Hook a candy thermometer to the edge of the pan and boil without stirring until mixture reaches 240 degrees F.
Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff. Pour the 240-degree syrup over the whites in a thin stream, beating constantly until thick and glossy. Stir in vanilla.
TO ASSEMBLE:
Put the chilled lemon filling between cooled layers-try not to let too much of it get out the sides. Frost the cake with the Wonderful Marshmallow-Like Frosting then sprinkle on coconut thickly, gently pressing it into the sides. During this process the cake may try to slip and slide, but just slide it back straight.
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