Prune Whip Cake
Prune Whip Cake
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs, unbeaten
1/4 teapoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice
1/2 cup Spry.
1/2 cup unsweetened prune juice
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, 2 eggs., soda, salt and spices into mixing bowl. Drop in Spry. Add 3/4 cup combined prune juice and milk, then vanilla, beat 200 strokes (2 mins by hand). Scrape bowl and spoon or beater. Add remaining liquid and eggs, beat 200 strokes. Bake in two 9 inch or deep 8 inch Sprycoated layer pans in moderately hot oven ( 375 degrees) 25 -35 minutes. Cool. Frost.
Prune Whip Frosting
Mix well in double boiler: 2 egg whites, unbeaten, 1 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1/8 teaspoon salt, 5 Tablespoons prune juice. Place over rapidly boiling water. Beat with egg beater until mixture will hold peak (7 minutes). Remove from hot water, beat until thick enough to spread. Add 2 teaspoon lemon juice, 6 cooked cut up prunes, and 2 Tablespoons chopped toasted almonds. Sprinkle top of cake with more almonds.
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs, unbeaten
1/4 teapoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon each cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice
1/2 cup Spry.
1/2 cup unsweetened prune juice
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, 2 eggs., soda, salt and spices into mixing bowl. Drop in Spry. Add 3/4 cup combined prune juice and milk, then vanilla, beat 200 strokes (2 mins by hand). Scrape bowl and spoon or beater. Add remaining liquid and eggs, beat 200 strokes. Bake in two 9 inch or deep 8 inch Sprycoated layer pans in moderately hot oven ( 375 degrees) 25 -35 minutes. Cool. Frost.
Prune Whip Frosting
Mix well in double boiler: 2 egg whites, unbeaten, 1 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1/8 teaspoon salt, 5 Tablespoons prune juice. Place over rapidly boiling water. Beat with egg beater until mixture will hold peak (7 minutes). Remove from hot water, beat until thick enough to spread. Add 2 teaspoon lemon juice, 6 cooked cut up prunes, and 2 Tablespoons chopped toasted almonds. Sprinkle top of cake with more almonds.
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