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August 2, 2011
Southern Lane Cake
Traditional Cakes & Pies
Prep time:
32 minutesBake time :
20-25 minutes“When Grandma was a girl, a woman named Emma Lane won at the Alabama state fair with this cake.”
Ingredients
Serves 16
- 2 3/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 2 cups (4 sticks) butter, softened, divided
- 1 1/3 cups milk, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 8 egg yolks, beaten
- 2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 325ºF. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
2
Combine 13/4 cups granulated sugar and 1 cup butter in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer set at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add 1 cup milk and vanilla extract and mix well.
3
Sift 3 cups flour and baking powder into a medium bowl. Add to butter mixture and mix well. Fold in egg whites. Spoon into prepared cake pans.
4
Bake layers until a toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Transfer layers to wire racks to cool completely.
5
Combine remaining granulated sugar, remaining butter, egg yolks, remaining milk and remaining flour in a double boiler. Cook, stirring continually, until thickened, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in coconut and pecans. Let stand to cool. Spread between the layers and over the top of the cake.
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Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma's Secret Tip
Grandma said that Emma Lane's original, prize-winning cake included raisins and chopped dried apricots in the filling. So sometimes Grandma added 1/2 cup raisins or currants and 1/4 cup chopped apricots to the filling before spreading it over the cake layers.
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