Chocolate Icicle Cake With Fluffy White Frosting
by RetroRuth | Jan 7, 2020 |
From Adventures in Cake Craft by Ann Pillsbury, 1948
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Cake
1 ¾ cups sifted cake flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 ¼ cups sugar
½ cup cocoa
⅔ cup shortening or softened butter
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Fluffy White Frosting
3 egg whites
¾ cup sugar
6 tbsp light corn syrup
¼ tsp cream of tartar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Melted chocolate for drizzle
1Sift together cake flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and cocoa. Add softened butter or shortening and 2/3 cup milk. Beat for 2 minutes until batter is well-blended and glossy. If using electric mixer, beat at low to medium speed for the same period of time.
2Add remaining milk, eggs, and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour batter into two lightly-greased, floured 8-inch layer cake pans. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
Fluffy White Frosting
3Combine egg whites, sugar, corn syrup, cream of tartar and salt. Place on top of a double boiler over rapidly boiling water and beat with rotary beater until mixture stands in peaks. Remove from boiling water.
4Add vanilla and continue beating until thick enough to spread. Frost cooled layers of cake and decorate with melted chocolate.
Ingredients
Cake
1 ¾ cups sifted cake flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 ¼ cups sugar
½ cup cocoa
⅔ cup shortening or softened butter
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Fluffy White Frosting
3 egg whites
¾ cup sugar
6 tbsp light corn syrup
¼ tsp cream of tartar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
Melted chocolate for drizzle
Directions
1Sift together cake flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and cocoa. Add softened butter or shortening and 2/3 cup milk. Beat for 2 minutes until batter is well-blended and glossy. If using electric mixer, beat at low to medium speed for the same period of time.
2Add remaining milk, eggs, and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour batter into two lightly-greased, floured 8-inch layer cake pans. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
Fluffy White Frosting
3Combine egg whites, sugar, corn syrup, cream of tartar and salt. Place on top of a double boiler over rapidly boiling water and beat with rotary beater until mixture stands in peaks. Remove from boiling water.
4Add vanilla and continue beating until thick enough to spread. Frost cooled layers of cake and decorate with melted chocolate.
Chocolate Icicle Cake With Fluffy White Frosting
AuthorRetroRuth