Colonial Inn Cake Recipe 55 Recipes

WILLIAMSBURG QUEEN'S CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the lemon zest and orange zest. Mix well.
• Sift together 2 cups of flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg mixture.
• Toss the currants with the remaining 1 tablespoon of flour. Fold the currants into the batter.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour, 20 minutes - 1 hour, 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Tent with foil during the final 30 minutes if the top of the cake starts to get too brown while it's baking.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. Slice thinly and serve!

COLONIAL INN CAKE RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325@ 1. Beat egg whites until foamy in small mixer bowl. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar; beat until stiff and glossy. 2. Beat egg yolks until light in large mixer bowl. Gradually beat in 1/2 cup sugar, the water and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Beat 1/2 minute on low speed, then 2 minutes on high speed. 3. Carefully fold small amount egg yolk mixture into beaten egg whites. Fold egg white mixture into remaining egg yolk mixture. 4. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured layer pans, 9x 1 /2 ". Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar and the chopped almonds over the top of one of the layers. 5. Bake 30 minutes; cool. While cake is cooling, prepare vanilla pudding accouring to package directions for pudding. Cool. Beat whipping cream in chilled bowl. Split cake layers and reserve sugared layer for top. Fill threelayers with vanilla pudding. Spread with whipped cream mixture over the pudding layer. Top with sugared layer. Refrigerate no longer than 24 hours. Garnish with sliced almonds around edge of plate. You can also frost with more whipped cream and spread on sides and cover sides with toasted sliced almonds. Really delicious. Enjoy

COLONIAL MAPLE NUT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F degrees.
• Grease and flour 12-cup fluted pan.
• In large bowl combine all cake ingredients EXCEPT nuts.
• Blend at low speed until moistened, then at high for 2 minutes.
• Fold in nuts.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes.
• Cool in pan, then turn onto plate.
• Blend glaze ingredients until smooth.
• Spoon over cooled cake.