Service Cake With Victory Icing

Name: Service Cake With Victory Icing
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 9
Ingredients: Vegetable oil, for greasing pan; Flour, for dusting pan; 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 cup milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/3 cup vegetable shortening; 3/4 cup sugar; 2 large eggs, well beaten; 3/4 cup light corn syrup; 2 large egg whites; Pinch of salt; 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract; 1/2 teaspoon orange extract

Recipe from "Finding Betty Crocker"

Adapted by Amanda Hesser

Total Time: 1 hour
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Ingredients

Yield:Serves 9

For the Cake

Vegetable oil, for greasing pan
Flour, for dusting pan
1½cups sifted all-purpose flour
½teaspoon salt
1¾teaspoons baking powder
½cup milk
1teaspoon vanilla
⅓cup vegetable shortening
¾cup sugar
2large eggs, well beaten

For the Icing

¾cup light corn syrup
2large egg whites
Pinch of salt
½teaspoon lemon extract
½teaspoon orange extract

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Preparation

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Oil and flour an 8-inch-square cake pan. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Mix together the milk and vanilla.
Step 2
Cream the shortening and sugar. Mix in the eggs. Add the flour mixture alternating with the milk mixture. Pour into the pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out dry, 30-35 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove and cool on a rack.
Step 3
For the icing, bring the corn syrup to a boil. In a mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. With the mixer running at high speed, drizzle in the hot corn syrup. Beat in the salt, lemon extract and orange extract until the icing has a creamy texture, about 2 minutes. Cut the cooled cake into 2 layers and spread each layer with the icing.