Easter Lamb Cake I

Servings: 20
Yield: 20 servings

Description

This is a great cake recipe you can make in a special lamb-shaped mold for a terrific and eye-catching Easter-dinner dessert.

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
1 cup water
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1 Cream butter and sugar; add water. Mix flour, baking powder and salt; fold into creamed mixture. Mix well; stir in vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter.
2 Spread batter evenly in a greased and floured lamb mold (cast iron if you have one or tin). Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes.