Recipe

Golden Layer Cake Recipe

	Onyxfox / All my dishes 8 months, 3 weeks ago Green Box Recipe by Mom. Prep:30m Cook:30m Servings:12	Onyxfox
	golden layer cake

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Ingredients

CAKE:

½ cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ teaspoon lemon extract (OR: 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel)

2 eggs

2 cups sifted cake flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk

LEMON FILLING:

¾ cup sugar

2 Tablespoons cornstarch

¾ cup water

1 slightly beaten egg yolk

3 Tablespoons lemon juice

1 teaspoon grated lemon peel

1 Tablespoon butter or margarine

SEVEN MINUTE FROSTING:

2 unbeaten egg whites

1½ cups sugar

2 teaspoons light corn syrup (or 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/3 cup cold water

Dash salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

LEMON COCONUT:

1 Tablespoon frozen lemonade concentrate (or a bit of grated lemon peel)

3½ ounce can flaked coconut

Yellow food coloring

Directions

CAKE: Stir in shortening to soften. Gradually add sugar and cream until light and fluffy. Add extracts. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each. Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Beat after each addition. Bake in 2 paper-lined 8 x 1½-inch round pans in moderate oven at 350° F for about 30 minutes. Cool.

LEMON FILLING: In saucepan mix sugar, cornstarch and dash salt; add water, egg yolk and lemon juice; cook over medium heat till thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add lemon peel and butter. Cool. Makes 1¼ cups.

SEVEN MINUTE FROSTING: Place all ingredients except vanilla in top of double boiler (not over heat); beat 1 minute with electronic or rotary beater to blend. Place over boiling water and cook, beating constantly, till frosting forms stiff peaks, about 7 minutes (don't overcook). Remove from boiling water. pour into mixing bowl, if you wish. Add vanilla extract, beat till of spreading consistency, about 2 minutes. Frost tops and sides of two 8- or 9-inch layers.

LEMON COCONUT: In jar, mix together lemon concentrate and a few drops of yellow food coloring. Add coconut. Cover and shake till coconut is colored. Dry on paper towels.

Put cooled layers together with Lemon Filling; frost with Seven Minute Frosting. Cover with Lemon Coconut.

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