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GAUM CAKE 3 3/4 oz. shelled pecans 16 oz. maraschino cherries 1 or 2 pkg. dates (8 oz. pkg.) 3 cans Baker's Premium shred coconut 4 c. self-rising flour 2 sticks butter or 1/2 lb. margarine 6 c. sugar (plain sugar) 4 eggs (large) 1 1/3 c. buttermilk (add more if needed for consistency) 1 tsp. soda 2 c. orange juice, sweetened (Donald Duck) 1 box (1 lb.) confectioners sugar 1/8 tsp. salt Pour 4 cups of sugar into bowl. Add 2 cups of orange juice, stirring often. Place bowl on stove burner, using pilot light only. Be sure not grainy. Mix pecans, cherries, dates and coconut with 1 cup flour. Chop nuts, dates and cherries; dates 1/2-inch squares and nuts 1/4-inch or less. Leave enough pecans, cherries and 1 can of coconut to garnish top of cake. Break 4 eggs; separate whites from yolks. Place egg whites into mixer bowl and beat. Set egg whites aside. Place 4 egg yolks, 1/2 pound butter, 2 cups of sugar and 1 level teaspoon of soda into bowl. Mix well. Add 3 cups of flour and 1 1/3 cups buttermilk, stirring well. Add more buttermilk to obtain a paste-like consistency. Add floured fruit to batter. Mix thoroughly. Fold in egg whites. Grease and flour cake pan. Pour mix into cake pan; settle by slightly jarring cake pan. Place in a 325 degrees oven. Bake for 4 hours. Remove cake from oven. Punch a series of small holes in cake with an icepick or other small instrument. Holes should be about 3-inches apart around cake. Remove premixed orange juice from stove and pour slowly over cake. Allow to soak into cake for 30 minutes or more. Remove cake from pan. Mix confectioners sugar and small amount of orange juice with 1/8 teaspoon salt. Spread over cold cake. Use remaining can of coconut to spread over top of cold cake. Cut remaining cherries in half and, alternating with pecans, place around top of cake. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |