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SORRY CAKE
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Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes Davidson
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----CAKE-----
2 c Flour
1/4 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Butter, sweet
1 2/3 c Sugar
6 lg Egg -- separated
1 c Buttermilk
1 tb Orange zest -- grated
2 c Shredded Wheat -- broken into
-shreds
1 c Cranberries -- quartered
1/2 c Pecans -- chopped
1/4 ts Cream of tartar
-----FROSTING-----
4 oz Cream cheese -- softened
1/4 c Butter, sweet -- softened
3 c Sugar, confectioners
1 tb Orange juice
1 t Orange zest -- grated
Preheat oven to 350 F. To make the cake, sift
together the flour, baking soda and salt. Beat the
shortening with the butter until well combined. Cream
in the sugar and beat until fluffy and light. Beat in
the egg yolks one at a time until well combined. Add
the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk,
beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in the
orange zest, cereal, cranberries, and pecans. Beat the
cream of tartar into the egg whites and continue
beating until stiff. Gently fold the whites into the
cake batter. Pour into three greased 8" or 9" round
cake pans. Bake for 25 35 minutes, or until a
toothpick tests clean. Cool on wire rack.
Frosting: Beat the cream cheese with the butter until
well combined. Graduallyl add the confectioners' sugar
and orange juice; beat until creamy and smooth. Stir
in the orange zest. Frost the tops and sides of the
cake.
---*The Cereal Murders*
Diane Mott Davidson
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