Vienna Cake Recipe 375

Steps:

• Make the cake: Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy. With machine running, add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
• Reduce speed to low. Working in batches, add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternating once with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Mix until dough is smooth. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Make the filling: Combine prunes and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until prunes are tender, about 15 minutes. Strain, reserving liquid. Coarsely chop prunes in a food processor, and return to saucepan with reserved liquid and the granulated sugar. Cook over medium heat until mixture is thick, about 15 minutes. Add vanilla, salt, and cardamom. Refrigerate until slightly firm, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into 7 equal pieces (about 6 ounces each). Roll each piece into a 10-inch round, and cut into a 9-inch circle using the bottom of a 9-inch cake pan as your guide. Place 1 dough circle on a baking sheet, and bake until edges are golden, about 14 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool. Repeat with remaining 6 dough circles.
• To assemble: Spread about 3/4 cup prune filling evenly onto 1 cake circle. Top with another circle, and continue until all 7 layers have been assembled (do not put filling on top layer). Wrap in plastic; let stand overnight.
• Dust cake with confectioners' sugar. Cut into quarters, then horizontally into 1/2-inch-thick slices.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease and lightly flour 3 round cake pans,lining bottoms with wax paper.
• In large bowl,cream butter until smooth.
• Gradually add sugar,beat until fluffy (about 3 minutes) Add eggs one at a time,beating well after each addition.
• Combine flours,baking powder in separate bowl,add to batter slowly,alternating with milk and vanilla,beating well after each addition.
• Divide batter into 3 small bowls,add food coloring (2-3 drops at most) green in one bowl,yellow,in another,red in third.
• Pour batters into separate prepared pans.
• Bake 20-25 minutes,until cakes test done with toothpick.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes.
• Remove and cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread a thin layer of jam on top of first and second layer,followed by thin layer of frosting.
• Stack layers,frost top and sides of cake with cream cheese frosting.
• Frosting: In medium bowl,with mixer on medium speed,beat cream cheese and butter until smooth,about 3 minutes.
• Add vanilla.
• Gradually add sugar and beat well until mixed and of spreading consistency.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 4 layer cake pans. Cream butter while adding sugar until mixture is light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, beat eggs and gradually and add butter and sugar mixture. Sift dry ingredients together and fold into egg-sugar mixture one cup at a time. Add milk, vanilla and almond extracts. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Cool completely. Build cake by spreading jam in between each layer. Ice with boiled icing after wiping excess jam from the sides. Servings: 10-12

Steps:

• Beat the butter in a small bowl with an electric mixer. You need to beat it for a fair length of time -until it is as white as possible.
• Gradually beat in half of the sugar, all the milk and then the remaining sugar.
• If you would like the mixture thicker- add in some extra icing sugar one spoonful at a time until the consistency is right. If the mixture is too thick- gradually (and I mean gradually) add in some more liquid until the consistency is achieved.).
• VARIATIONS:.
• To make it chocolate- add in 2 or 3 tablespoons of cocoa with the sugar and a little extra milk if required.
• Coffee- add 3 teaspoons of instant coffee in 2 tablespoons of hot water(omit the milk).
• Lemon- substitute lemon juice for the milk. You can also add in some lemon zest.
• orange- use orange juice in place of the milk.
• Different colours/flavours- add food colouring and flavours of your choice (in place of some liquid in the recipe).
• For pink I add some rosewater and a few drops of cochineal.