lane cake

Name: LANE CAKE
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) butter; 4 cup(s) sugar; 3 1/2 cup(s) flour sifted; 3 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 cup(s) milk; 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 2 teaspoon(s) 8 eggs separated; 1 cup(s) raisins chopped; 1 cup(s) nuts chopped your choice; 1 cup(s) coconut; 1 cup(s) wine or bourbon

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Linda Woodham

Cleveland, AL

Updated on Dec 18, 2013

This is my husband's grandmother's (Minnie McCoy Whitehead) recipe for Lane cake It came from her mother,but we don't know her name they are direct descendants form the Hatfields and McCoys,she was born in 1899 in West Virginia. We have been trying to find this recipe in my mother-in-laws cookbooks and her recipe box. She was bad about sticking stuff every where.My sister-in-law found it in her mother's Bible at church this morning. My MIL passed in 1992, and she just found it

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 20 Min

method Bake

yield 8-10 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter
4 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups flour sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons 8 eggs separated
1 cup raisins chopped
1 cup nuts chopped your choice
1 cup coconut
1 cup wine or bourbon

How To Make lane cake

Step 1

CAKE:

Step 2

cream one cup butter and 2 cups sugar together until fluffy and light
Step 3

sift flour with baking powder
Step 4

add flour mixture with creamed mixture alternately with milk mixing on med, add one tsp. vanilla
Step 5

beat egg whites until stiff. fold into cake batter,DO NOT STIR FOLD
Step 6

spread into cake pans evenly
Step 7

grease and flour 3 - 9" cake pans. Bake on 350 20-30 min until springs back and golden brown
Step 8

use half of wine or bourbon on cake layers,brush each layer after stacking.
Step 9

FILLING
Step 10

beat egg yolks slightly. add remaining sugar and butter,
Step 11

cook in double boiler until thick,stirring constantly. add raisins,nuts,and coconut.stir in remaining vanilla and wine
Step 12

spread filling thickly between layers of cake and on top and sides.
Step 13

she would wrap the cake in 2-3 layers of tin foil and refregirate for 3 days before serveing,you didn't dare try to look at it. so,so good
Step 14

I had to put this in terms we could understand if there is something you don't understand or I left out please let me know, I have went over it until I'm crosseyed lol.
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