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Snowflake Cake Recipe


SNOWFLAKE CAKE Recipe
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The coconut sprinkled on this old-fashioned fluffy white cake gives the impression of snow inside the house without the cold. It's a beautiful desert that is a fitting end to a delicious winter meal.

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Ingredients
  • Ingredients:
  • 2 eggs plus 4 egg yolks
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbs. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
  • ½ cup chopped nuts, optional
  • Frosting:
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • 4 egg whites
  • ½ tsp. Cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flaked coconut

Directions
  1. Preheat oven at 350.
  2. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, yolks and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter until butter melts. Combine flour and baking powder; add to egg mixture alternately with milk mixture. Beat until well mixed. Add vanilla. Fold in nuts if desired. Pour into three greased 9-inch round baking pans. Bake at 350 for 15 – 18 minutes or until cakes test done. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. For frosting, in a saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil. Boil 3 – 4 minutes or until a candy thermometer reads 242 ( firm-ball stage ). Meanwhile, beat egg whites and creamf tartar in a mixing bowl until foamy. Slowly pour in hot sugar mixture and continue to beat on high for 6 – 8 minutes or until stiff peaks. Add vanilla. Frost the tops of two cake layers and sprinkle with coconut; stack on a cake plate with plain layer top. Frost sides and top of cake; sprinkle with coconut. Refriderate for several hours.

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