Classic White Cake With Lemon Nut Filling
 
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Hot Milk White Cake Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 45 mins Serves: 1 cake
Serves: 3 layer cakes
Ingredients
  • 1 /2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 /2 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 /2 teaspoon pure lemon
  • 3 cups cake flour, sifted
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1 /2 cups milk
  • 6 egg whites
  • LEMON NUT FILLING:
  • 1 /2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 /4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 egg yolks, beaten
  • 1 /2 cup light cream
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice or flavoring
  • 1 /2 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
  • 1 /2 cup nuts, chopped
Instructions
  1. Cream oil, butter, and sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. Beat in flavoring.
  3. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk to first part, beating well after each addition, adding flour last.
  4. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter.
  5. Pour into 3 9" layer cake pans.
  6. Bake at 350.
  7. Fill with lemon nut filling
  8. For the filling: combine sugar, flour, salt,egg yolks, and cream.
  9. Coo in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly.
  10. Remove from heat and stir int he butter.
  11. Cool.
  12. Add the lemon and nuts.
  13. Chill and spread between layers.
Recipe by Amish 365 at https://www.amish365.com/5-amazing-amish-white-cake-recipes/