Abraham Lincoln's " Best Cake I Ever Tasted" - A

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 1 cup almonds, finely chopped
• 6 egg whites, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 dash salt
• 2 egg whites, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 beat the 6 eggs whites until stiffly beaten.
• 3 cream together the softened butter, sugar and vanilla.
• 4 sift together the cake flour and baking powder.
• 5 add flour mixture alternately with milk to the creamed butter and sugar.
• 6 stir in the finely chopped almonds.
• 7 gently fold in the egg whites.
• 8 pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
• 9 bake at 375° for 28-30 minutes.
• 10 cool 10 minutes and remove from pans.
• 11 frost with frosting.
• 12 frosting: in a saucepan combine 1 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water and 1/4 tsp cream of tartar and dash of salt.
• 13 bring mixture to boiling, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
• 14 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.