Buster Brown Cake
"Recipe from Midwest Living February 2006 issue...the icing recipe follows and is delicious."
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
12 slices
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup Crisco
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large egg yolks
directions
- grease and lightly flour 2 8" round cake pans -- or 1 9x13" pan.
- In bowl, mix flour, soda and salt.
- In large mixing bowl, beat Crisco with mix about 30 seconds add sugar and vanilla till well combined.
- Add egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, alternating with flour mixture and buttermilk to Crisco, beat on low speed just till combined.
- Wash beaters well. In a medium bowl, beat egg whites on medium till soft peaks form.gently fold whites with beaten mixture -- spread into prepared pans.
- Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes for 8" cake rounds or 35-40 for 13 x 9 pan or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool on rack in pan for 10 minutes.remove from pans to cool completely.
- ICING: (frost and fill layers, cover and store in refrigerator up to 3 days. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes before serving.
- To prepare icing -- mix 1 cup milk with 1/4 cup flour.cook and stir till bubbly -- reduce heat -- cook and stir for 2 minutes. Transfer mixture to a small bowl, cover surface with plastic wrap, chill 2 hours. In large mixing bowl, beat 1 cup butter, 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 tsp vanilla till fluffy and sugar is almost dissolved -- add cooled cooked mixture, 1/4 amount at a time -- beat till smooth.
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