abe lincoln's birthday cake

How To Make abe lincoln's birthday cake

• Step 1
  Cream butter well, add sugar and cream again
• Step 2
  Sift flour and baking powder together.
• Step 3
  Add to butter and sugar mixture, mixing alternately with milk. Stir in the chopped almonds and beat well
• Step 4
  Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
• Step 5
  Pour into a well greased paper lined pan and bake one (1 ) hour in a 350 degree oven.
• Step 6
  Ice with boiled icing to which you have added half cup of candied pineapple and cherries, cut into very small pieces.
• Step 7
  BOILED ICING
• Step 8
  Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy sauce pan. Stir until sugar is dissolved
• Step 9
  Cover, bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes.
• Step 10
  Uncover and let boil to soft ball stage.
• Step 11
  Beat egg whites and i tbsp cold water until stiff
• Step 12
  Add hot syrup and vanilla gradually.
• Step 13
  Beat until icing stands in soft peaks, put on cake. Top with candied pineapple for Abe and cherries for George.
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