Mother's Day Recipes

Pink Geranium Cake

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Yield: 12 to 16 servings

Ingredients

  • 12 scented geranium leaves*
  • 1 cup butter (no substitutes)
  • 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 6 egg whites
  • 3 cups sifted cake flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 4 drops red food coloring
  • 6 tablespoons butter (no substitutes)
  • 4 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 to 4 drops red food coloring

Instructions

  1. Rinse leaves. Wrap six leaves around each stick of (1 cup) butter; wrap with clear plastic wrap and chill overnight. Remove leaves from butter; rinse leaves and set aside.
  2. Beat butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add granulated sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg whites, two at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Combine 3/4 cup milk and water. Alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture to the butter mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Beat until smooth after each addition. Beat in 4 drops of food coloring.
  4. Grease and flour two 9 x 1 1/2 inch round baking pans. Arrange six of the leaves in the bottom of each pan; spoon in butter.
  5. Bake AT 300 degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool on wire racks. Gently remove leaves; discard.
  6. Meanwhile, for the Butter Frosting, beat 6 tablespoons butter (no substitutes) in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in 2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar. Beat in 1/4 cup milk and vanilla extract. Beat in about 2 cups more soften powdered sugar. Add 2 to 4 drops food coloring, if desired. Make an additional recipe of frosting, if necessary, to have enough for piping on cake top.
  7. Fill and frost with Butter Frosting.

Notes

* If you are not able to purchase geranium leaves, flavor the cake with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.

Attribution

Better Homes & Gardens magazine







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