How to Bake a Daffodil Cake

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Nothing says spring better than a freshly baked Daffodil cake. This is an old time recipe which features a yellow and white cake. Pretty enough for any spring dessert.

Ingredients

Cake

1 cup cake flour
6 tablespoons sugar
12 egg whites
1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
6 egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring (extract)

Glaze

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 drop yellow food coloring

Steps

Cake

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Whisk together flour and sugar.
Beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until foamy.
Add 3/4 cup sugar, a bit at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form.
Beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored in another mixing bowl.
Gently fold into egg white mixture.
Sprinkle flour mixture, about a 1/4 cup at a time, over egg white mixture.
Fold in gently.
Repeat until all the flour mixture is folded into the egg whites.
Pour half of the egg white mixture into another mixing bowl.
Gently fold in egg yolks into the egg white mixture.
Spoon yellow and white batters alternately into a 10 x 4-inch tube pan.
Gently cut through the batter to make a swirled effect.
Bake 40 minutes or until cake tests done.
Invert the pan and cool.
Glaze with Creamy Glaze.

Creamy Glaze

Mix together the powdered sugar, butter, almond flavoring and hot water until smooth.
Drizzle glaze over cool cake.
Serve.

Things You'll Need

Mixer
Mixing bowls
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Tube Pan
Oven Mitts

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Sources and Citations

Adapted from an old Betty Crocker recipe.

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