Ingredients

How to make it

  • Cake:
  • Divide the flour into two portions and sift baking powder with one.
  • Cream the butter and sugar until lilght.
  • Beat egg yolks well and mix in.
  • Add the flour and milk alternately,beginning with plain flour and ending with flour and baking powder mixture.
  • Add vanilla, and finally fold in the egg whites which have been beaten until soft peaks form.
  • Prepare (2) 9" round cake pans by lining them with greased waxed paper and dusting them with flour.
  • Pour 2/3 of the batter into one pan.
  • Mix currants and raisins in the 2 tablespoons of flour,mixed with the spices and cocoa.
  • Mix into remaining batter.
  • Pour into the second pan.
  • Bake in a hot oven,at 375 degrees for about 50 minutes or until cakes are golden and spring back when touched.
  • Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes,then turn from pans onto cooling racks.Cool
  • Filling:
  • Mix the cornstarch and sugar in saucepan.
  • Add juices,rind and raisins and cook,stirring constantly,for about 7 minutes,or until mixture thickens.
  • Remove from heat and add coconut and butter,Cool.
  • Glaze:
  • Mix the ingredients thoroughly,add a bit more water if need be.
  • To assemble the cake:
  • Split each layer in half,using a very thin ,sharp knife.
  • Place a fruit spice layer,cut side up,on a plate.
  • Spread with 1/3 of the filling.
  • Top with a plain layer,cut side down,more filling, and then another fruit spice layer,cut side up.
  • Spread with remaining fillling and top with the last plain cake layer,cut side down.
  • Drop spoonful of glaze over the top of the cake,letting it run unevenly down the sides.Let it dry.Then repeat until all glaze is used.

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