Sour Cream Cake Adapted From The Joy Of Cooking Cookbook


Photo: Lady Catherine Gourmet
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Ingredients

You will need:
1 3/4 cups cake flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 3/4 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
cup butter
1 cup sifted sugar
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup cultured sour cream
2 egg whites
For the Filling:
3/4 cup almonds (or your favorite nut)
Combine:
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 square Baker’s Semi Sweet Chocolate
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cups chopped raisins
Glaze:
1 cup powered sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1
Preheat oven 375 degrees:
2
Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder.
3
Cream butter until soft and gradually add sifted sugar and cream until light.
4
Beat in eggs yolks and vanilla.
5
Add the sifted flour mixture to the butter mixture and add the sour cream. Stir the batter until smooth.
6
Whip until stiff but not dry the egg whites and fold them lightly into the batter.
7
Bake in greased pans about 25 minutes.
8
When cool spread with Almond Raisin filling.
9
For the Filling:
10
Simmer these ingredients 5 minutes. Stir constantly. Add the nuts and ½ tsp vanilla.
11
Glaze:
12
Combine above ingredients in saucepan and stir until a thickened glaze forms. Drizzle over the cake .

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About

This cake is easier than it sounds and so worth the time to make.

Enjoy!

Yield:

1 servings

Added:

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:11pm

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