Virginia's Secret Special Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: 5 Eggs (separate white from yokes) 1 C. Buttermilk in a 2 cup container (as it will bubble up) 1 Tsp. Baking Soda ½ C. Butter (1 stick) ½ C. Shortening 2 C. Flour (Tip: Reduce flour by 3 Tbs. for low altitudes and shift flour) 1 Tsp. Almond Extract or Vanilla Extract 1 C. Pecans finely chopped 1 C. Coconut shredded
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Directions:• Beat egg whites until stiff and set aside in separate bowl. • Add baking soda to buttermilk – set aside • Cream shortening and butter, add sugar gradually. • Add egg yolks one at a time or beat the yolks and pour into batter slowly • Alternate pouring flour and buttermilk into batter slowly until mixed • Add Almond Extract or vanilla • Fold in egg whites • Gently stir into batter coconut and pecans into batter with lg. spoon
Grease cake pans with shortening and flour – makes enough batter to make three 9” pans, if you want a triple-decker cake, or use 2 9” pans filled above half. Will also make a sheet cake 9” x 13”, but it is not as moist and beautiful. Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until cake does not stick to toothpick
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING ½ C. Butter (1 stick) 1 8 oz. Cream Cheese softened at room temp. 1 lb. box Powered Sugar 1 Tsp. Almond Extract or Vanilla Extract
Use mixer to cream butter and cream cheese, then mix on a slow speed the powered sugar, or it will fly all over you.
For high altitudes, do not sift flour and use the full 3 cups |
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Notes: This recipe was a secret never given out to just anyone, until I received it in the 80s from the lady who made us cakes where I worked at the Casper Wyoming Chamber of Commerce.
This is a southern recipe that has a lot of steps, but a triple layer cake is very moist, and worth every extra step. The flavor is beyond anything you can buy in a store or get from a box.
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