Friends Across America - Dessert Recipes: Silver and Gold Cake

Silver and Gold Cake

SILVER:

2 c. sugar
2/3 c.butter
2/3 c. milk
8 egg whites
3 tsp. baking powder
3 c. flour
1 tsp. walnut flavoring
1 lb. figs

GOLD:

1 c. sugar
3/4 c. butter
1/2 c. milk
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 c. flour
7 egg yolks
1 whole egg
1 tsp. cinnamon

SILVER: Cream sugar and butter, adding milk and flour with baking powder which has been thoroughly sifted throughout. Add last the whites of eggs beaten stiff and dry. Add flavoring. Divide batter and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes in two bread pans of the same size.

GOLD: Cream butter and sugar; add milk. Beat the egg yolks and one whole egg thoroughly and add the spices and flavoring. Put one-half the gold batter in a bread pan of the same size as "Silver", and cover with one pound of halved figs which have been previously sifted over with flour so that they will just touch each other. Spread the remainder of the Gold batter on top of the figs and bake.

Put the cakes together with frosting while warm, the Gold between the Silver and cover with frosting.

FROSTING:

2 c. sugar
1 c. cream

Boil until it threads. When partly cool, beat until thick enough to spread and cover cake. You can use any Cream frosting in a can, but it doesn't taste the same....From the kitchen of Sandy Howery

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