Lane Cake
Lane Cake — a cake recipe, 15 ingredients.
contains glutencontains dairycontains eggscontains nutscontains alcohol
Ingredients
US
Metric
- ½ lb (225 g) butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups (480 g) white granulated sugar
- 3½ cups (525 g) all-purpose flour
- 3½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup (240 ml) milk
- 8 egg whites
- 8 egg yolks
- 1 cup (240 g) white granulated sugar
- ½ lb (225 g) butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup (240 g) raisins, seeded and coarsely chopped
- 1 cup (240 g) pecans, chopped
- ½ cup (120 g) shredded dried coconut
- ¼ cup bourbon or grape juice
- 1 cup candied cherries
Make it lactose-friendly
- ½ lb (225 g) butter, at room temperature → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
- 1 cup (240 ml) milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
Steps
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Mix the milk and flour mixture into the butter, beginning with the flour and alternating between the two until fully incorporated. Do not overmix, or the cake will be tough.
- Whip the egg whites to medium-stiff peaks in a clean, grease-free bowl. Fold the beaten whites into the batter.
- Transfer the batter between greased and parchment-lined cake pans. Bake at 350°F until the tops are springy and a toothpick inserted int the middle comes out clean.
- Cool and unmold the cakes.
- Whip the yolks and sugar together in a saucepan. Stir in the butter.
- Cook the yolk mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon. Do not overcook, or it will curdle. Remove from the heat.
- Stir in the raisins, pecans, coconut, bourbon, and candied cherries.
- Let cool slightly, then spread the filling over the cake layers.
Source
Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0