How To make Lane Cake
Ingredients
1/2
pound
butter, at room temperature
2
cup
sugar
3 1/2
cup
flour, all-purpose
3 1/2
teaspoon
baking powder
1/2
teaspoon
salt
1
cup
milk
8
each
egg whites
LANE FILLING:
8
each
egg yolks
1
cup
sugar
1/2
pound
butter, at room temperature
2
tablespoon
brandy
2
tablespoon
water
1/2
cup
candied cherries, finely chopped
1
cup
raisins, seeded, coarsely chopped
1
cup
pecans, chopped
1/2
cup
coconut, shredded
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 F. Generously grease four 9 inch layer cake pans and line with greased waxed paper.
Cream butter with sugar until light, fluffy, and smooth. Beat with electric beater until sugar has dissolved, or use sturdy rotary beater. Sift flour with baking powder and salt onto waxed paper. Add to butter-sugar mixture alternately with milk, stirring until smooth.
In separate bowl beat egg whites until stiff and fold into cake batter. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Place on cake rack and let stand 5 minutes before taking from pans. Turn out onto racks and let stand until cool. Put layers together with a thin layer of filling and frost sides and top of cake with remaining filling.
LANE FILLING: Place egg yolks and sugar in saucepan. Beat with hand rotary or electric mixer until blended. Add butter. Cook and beat over medium heat until sugar dissolves and mixture thickens. Remove from heat, pour into mixing bowl, and cool slightly. Add brandy and water; stir in fruits, pecans, and coconut.
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This prize-winning cake is said to have originated in Alabama back in the 1800's and it's so good we still make Lane Cake today! Our recipe for Lane Cake still calls for all the basics: coconut, pecans, and raisins, but we've taken a couple of shortcuts to make it easier than ever!
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How to make Lane Cake (aka Plazma Torta)
Preparation: 30 minutes
Level of difficulty: easy
Serves: 12
Ingredients:
600g Lane ground (buy at )
250g unsalted butter
200g sugar
4 eggs
100g raisins
100g chopped walnuts
100g chopped Zele candy (sugar coated jelly candy)
200 ml Coca-Cola
Decorative material (e.g. whip cream, sprinkles, etc.)
Recommendations:
1. Pour some water into raisins to hydrate them. Leave to stand for at least 15 minutes, and then drain water. Raisins will be softer and moister.
2. After chopping Zele candy, add a little bit of sugar to the bowl, and mix with hand or a spoon. Adding sugar prevents chopped pieces from sticking to each other.
Directions:
1. Using electric mixer, in a large bowl, beat butter until it is light and fluffy.
2. Using electric mixer, in another bowl, beat whites with sugar until stiff and sugar is dissolved. Add yolks, and beat until combined.
3. Pour egg mixture into butter, and beat until combined.
4. Gradually add Lane ground, beating until combined.
5. Dispose of the electronic mixer. Add raisins, chopped walnuts, and chopped Zele candy. Mix with a hand.
6. Gradually add Coca-Cola, continuing to mix with your hand.
7. Once the mixture is combined, place it on a cake stand and shape it to your liking (e.g. circle, square, Mickey Mouse, mermaid, etc.)
8. Leave the cake in a refrigerator for few hours to harden.
9. Decorate the cake to suit the occasion and your liking.
10. Chill overnight before serving.
Lane Cake with The Cakerie in Birmingham, Al
Lexi Ginsburg Mota and Anna Kelly from The Cakerie create the forgotten Lane Cake from Harper Lee's classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Lane Cake Made From Scratch At The Cakerie
Lexi Ginsburg Mota and Anna Kelly of the Cakerie make Lane Cakes from scratch