Abraham Lincolns Favorite Cake Food

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FAVORITE CAKE

Steps:

• Beat egg whites until frothy.
• Add 1 cup sugar gradually until egg whites are stiff peaks.
• Finely chop almonds.
• Cream the butter and remaining 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• Add vanilla extract and almond extract to buttermilk.
• Combine nuts with flour mixture.
• Add wet to dry by thirds.
• Fold beaten egg whites into batter.
• Place greased wax paper in tube pan.( i didnt do this but i wasnt flipping it out either ).
• Turn batter into a 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 1 hour or until cake tests done.
• Frost with boiled icing.

MARY TODD LINCOLN CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Cream sugar, butter and vanilla.
• Sift together cake flour and baking powder three times.
• Add to creamed mixture alternatively with milk.
• Stir in almonds.
• Gently fold in the egg whites.
• Pour into two greased and floured 9 x 1 1/2 inch round baking pans.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
• White Frosting:.
• Bring to boiling, sugar, water, cream of tartar and salt. Boil until sugar dissolves.
• Put egg whites in mixing bowl. Start beater and while egg whites are beating, very slowly add hot syrup.
• Beat until stiff peaks form, about 7 minutes.
• Beat in vanilla for one more minute.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S " BEST CAKE I EVER TASTED" - A WHITE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Beat the 6 eggs whites until stiffly beaten.
• Cream together the softened butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Sift together the cake flour and baking powder.
• Add flour mixture alternately with milk to the creamed butter and sugar.
• Stir in the finely chopped almonds.
• Gently fold in the egg whites.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
• Bake at 375° for 28-30 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans.
• Frost with White Frosting.
• WHITE FROSTING: In a saucepan combine 1 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water and 1/4 tsp cream of tartar and dash of salt.
• Bring mixture to boiling, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
• Place 2 egg whites in a mixing bowl and very slowly pour the hot sugar syrup over, beating CONSTANTLY with a mixer until stiff peaks form - this takes about 7 minutes. Beat in vanilla and frost cake.