Mount Vernon Cake

Name: Mount Vernon Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening; 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs, separated; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; Maraschino cherries with stems

9 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs, separated
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Maraschino cherries with stems

Directions

1

Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add egg yolks, and beat well.
2

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
3

Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
4

Pour the batter into 3 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove layers from pans, and let cool completely.
5

Spread Cherry Filling between layers; spread top and sides of cake with Seven-Minute Double Boiler Frosting. Arrange cherries on top of cake.