"cradle cake" for baby jesus birthday
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This would be a wonderful "CRADLE" cake to make at Christmas time to celebrate the bith of our BLESSED BABY JESUS! I found this in a Woman's Day magazine maybe 30 years ago. It was a Silver Spoon Award Cake. Wrapped in foil and refrigerated it will keep more than a week. It was named CRADLE CAKE because of the crispy meringue "cradle" that surrounds this tender cake. The recipe and picture is from Woman's Day Magazine. Sorry, I do not have the name of the lady that won this award.
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr 15 Min
Ingredients For "cradle cake" for baby jesus birthday
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1 Tbspbaking powder
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1/2 tspsalt
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4eggs, separated
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1 cpecans or walnuts very finely chopped
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1sq. (1 ounc) unsweetened chocolate grated
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1/2 cbutter softened
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3/4 cmilk
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2squares (i oz. each) semisweet chocolate, melted with 3 table spoons ofwater. for garanish
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8whole pecans or half walnut for garnish on top
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2 csugar, divided in half
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the sugar and flour amounts ..should have been in the ingredient beginning.
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2 cflour
How To Make "cradle cake" for baby jesus birthday
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1Grease a 10 inch tube pan. Line the bottom with waxed paper. Set aside. Stir together flour, baking powder,and salt. Set aside. In a medium bowl beat egg whites till peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar until stiff, glossy and peaks form. Fold in very finely chopped nuts, and grated chocolate.
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2Spread this mixture on the bottom and up three quarters of pan as though lining it. In a large bowl cream butter and remaining 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla until well blended. Stir in flour mixture alternately with milk until well blended.
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3Pour cake mixture into pan, making sure it is surrounded by meringue on all sides and lower than the top of meringue!
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4Bake in a pre-heated 325 oven 65-75 minutes. Or until a pick stuck in the middle comes out clean..Do not invert cooked cake pan. Cool on a rack 25 minutes. Or until sides of cake can be loosened easily, with a spatula. Turn out on a serving plate. Decorate cake like you see in the picture. At my home we sang "Happy Birthday" to Jesus... A Merry Christmas to you and yours!.. Nancy 11/12/11
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