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Goldy's Sorry Cake
* Exported from MasterCook *
GOLDY'S SORRY CAKE
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Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 c All-purpose flour
3/4 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Vegetable shortening --
Solid
1/2 c Unsalted butter
1 2/3 c Sugar
6 lg Eggs -- separated
1 c Buttermilk
1 tb Orange zest -- freshly
Grated
2 c Shredded wheat® -- broken
1 c Cranberries -- quartered
1/2 c Chopped pecans
1/4 ts Cream of tartar
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING--
4 oz Cream cheese -- softened
1/4 c Unsalted butter -- softened
3 c Confectioner's sugar
1 tb Fresh orange juice --
Approximately
1 t Orange zest -- freshly
Grated
Set oven to 350F. Three buttered 8- or 9-inch round
cake pans.
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, beginnng and ending with the
flour mixture. Stir in the orange zest, cereal (broken
into shreds), 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 the 3 prepared pans.
Bake in pre-heated oven 25 to 35 minutes, until a
toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool
on racks.
To make the frosting, beat the cream cheese with the
butter until well combined. Gradually add the sugar
and orange juice; beat until creamy and smooth. Stir
in the orange zest. Frost the tops and sides of the
cake.
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NOTES : A Goldy Bear mystery set in Aspen, Colorado.
"Chop mountains of cranberries and pecans" for the
orange scented cake with strands of shredded wheat.
Recipe By : Diane Mott Davidson. The Cereal Murders
From: Hp_walls@woco.Ohio.Gov Date: Mon, 15
Jul 1996 14:00:51 -0400 (
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