SERVICE CAKE WITH VICTORY ICING

Service Cake With Victory Icing image

Provided by Amanda Hesser

Time 1h

Yield Serves 9

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

Vegetable oil, for greasing pan
Flour, for dusting pan
1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs, well beaten
3/4 cup light corn syrup
2 large egg whites
Pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 teaspoon orange extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil and flour an 8-inch-square cake pan. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Mix together the milk and vanilla.
Cream the shortening and sugar. Mix in the eggs. Add the flour mixture alternating with the milk mixture. Pour into the pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out dry, 30-35 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove and cool on a rack.
For the icing, bring the corn syrup to a boil. In a mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. With the mixer running at high speed, drizzle in the hot corn syrup. Beat in the salt, lemon extract and orange extract until the icing has a creamy texture, about 2 minutes. Cut the cooled cake into 2 layers and spread each layer with the icing.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 334, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 56 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 255 milligrams, Sugar 39 grams, TransFat 1 gram