Easter Party Cake

This cake is a great holiday treat. Hope that you will enjoy it.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 2 hr
• Calories: 466 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• ¼ cup butter
• 2 egg whites
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
• ½ teaspoon almond extract
• ⅓ cup milk
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 4 drops green food coloring
• ¼ cup shortening
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ¾ cups sifted cake flour
• 5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
• 2 drops red food coloring
• ½ cup candy-coated milk chocolate eggs

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cream butter or margarine and shortening. Add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating until mixture resembles whipped cream.

Step 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.

Step 3

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

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.