Cake "Lady Baltimore"

Description

Since the description of this cake appeared in the novel, Owen Wister's "Lady Baltimore", he became one of the favorites of American Housewives - it even doing on the wedding as an alternative to traditional "white" cake. And believe me, it is worth your time. Recipe from the book about dessert.

Ingredients

Flour

3.5 cup
Leavening agent

4 tsp
Butter

200 g
Sugar

5.75 cup
Egg white

7 piece
Milk

1 cup
Essence

1.25 tsp
Salt

0.75 tsp
Liqueur

2 Tbsp
Vinegar

0.5 tsp
Walnuts

2.5 cup
Figs

12 piece
Raisins

1 handful
Cognac

200 ml

Cooking

For the filling, grind walnuts and figs, add the raisins and pour this mixture of brandy (or sherry), leave to infuse for 2-3 hours.

For cakes sift flour with salt and baking powder.

The oil rubs with a glass of sugar white.

Alternating, enter in the butter 1/4 flour mixture.

Then 1/3 milk and so on, until the flour and milk over. Add the almond essence and knead until smooth.

Whites with the salt, beat in the foam, continuing to whisk, gradually add 1/2 of sugar until shiny resistant foam.

With a spatula carefully enter proteins in the dough. Divide the dough into 3 parts and bake 3 cake (shape diameter 26 cm) in a preheated 180*C oven. Each cake bake until Golden brown about 30 minutes. Then take out from the oven, leave for 5 minutes in pan, then remove and allow the cakes to cool completely.

For the syrup, stirring, bring to a boil 1/2 Cup water with the sugar and cook for 6-7 minutes. Add Amaretto liquor and alcohol, separated from the nut-fruit mixture. Impregnate the cooled cakes with the syrup.

For protein cream protein whisk in a solid foam in a deep dish. In a saucepan with a thick bottom, mix sugar and 1 Cup of water, add wine vinegar. Cook the syrup on low heat with constant stirring for about 20 minutes until it when dipping the spoon will not stretch thin caramel strands. Ready hot syrup in thin stream injected into the beaten egg whites, stirring constantly, add almond essence and salt. After all the syrup will be introduced and beat for another 2-3 minutes.

Protein cream, divide into 2 parts. One mixed with a mixture of nuts and fruit – it turns out the nut-fruit filling. Then collect the cake: put the dressing on the cake with half of the walnut-fruit filling, then the second cake, cover it with remaining filling.

On top lay the third cake, coat the cake top and sides protein cream.

You can decorate with halves of walnuts. Leave the cake in the refrigerator for at least 4-6 hours. Bon appetit!

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