EASTER PARTY CAKE

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This cake is a great holiday treat. Hope that you will enjoy it.

Provided by Carol

Categories Desserts Cakes Holiday Cake Recipes

Time 2h

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

¼ cup butter
¼ cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 ¾ cups sifted cake flour
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
⅓ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons water
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
2 egg whites
2 drops red food coloring
½ cup candy-coated milk chocolate eggs
1 cup flaked coconut
4 drops green food coloring

Steps:

Cream butter or margarine and shortening. Add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating until mixture resembles whipped cream.
Sift flour and baking powder together 3 times; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and almond extract. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites carefully. Pour batter into two greased 8 inch round pans.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cool layers on wire racks.
To Make Boiled Icing: Place 1 cup sugar, water, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, cream of tartar, 2 egg whites, and red food colouring in top of double boiler. Cook, beating constantly, until frosting is thick and creamy.
Frost cake with icing. Make a nest of green coconut on top of cake, and fill nest with candy eggs. Sprinkle a border of coconut around base of cake. Makes 15-20 servings.
To make green tinted coconut, Place coconut in a large plastic bag, put a few drops of green food color in the bag and shake until desired consistency is achieved.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 466.1 calories, Carbohydrate 68.7 g, Cholesterol 15.6 mg, Fat 19.4 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 6.1 g, SaturatedFat 11.6 g, Sodium 209.1 mg, Sugar 47.1 g