Blarney Stone Cake With Frosting!
photo by Saturn
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup boiling water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened
- 2 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 cups salted peanuts, crushed
directions
- For the cake:.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Separate the eggs, reserving one of the yolks for the icing. Beat remaining 3 egg yolks until light and thick (about 5 minutes).
- Gradually add the sugar.
- Sift togther the dry ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients to egg/sugar mixture alternately with the hot water.
- Stir in the vanilla.
- Whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
- Gently incorporate 1/4 of the egg whites into the batter.
- Fold remaining egg whites into batter.
- Pour batter into 9x13 cake pan and bake 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
- For the Frosting:.
- Cream together the butter and the egg yolk. Sift the powdered sugar over the butter mixture and mix until smooth.
- Stir in the vanilla.
- Fold in 1/2 cup of the peanuts.
- Frost the cooled cake and sprinkle the remaining peanuts on top of the cake.
- Cut into squares (or I use a round biscuit cutter) and serve with coffee ice cream.
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Reviews
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Wow! Very unique - my favourite kind of recipe to try!! The cake is a typical sponge cake - nice & light & light-tasting. But, it's a fabulous base for the fantastic frosting!! I actually made as cupcakes (yield: 18 cupcakes) for a co-worker's birthday. I only had 3/4 cup of peanuts so I crushed them all & put them all in the frosting. Big hit at the office!!
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The cake is so... so... foofy! It is so light and fluffy! The icing is also perfect. Not too sweet and not bland. It also spreads really nicely. Even for a non-icing-spreader like me! I can't wait to share this with the neighbours! I have never really made a cake from scratch before. At least not a "real" cake like this one! I am so proud of me! And I have you to thank for it. Thank you!!
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Gohogsgirl
Kansas City, 0
I love to cook.