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    Hopscotch Cake


    Source of Recipe


    Austin Staples


    List of Ingredients


    • 4 eggs, separated
    • 2 3/4 cups flour
    • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
    • 1/2 tsp. salt
    • 1 cup butter, softened
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 2 tsp. vanilla
    • 1 cup milk


    Instructions


    1. Lightly grease and dust with flour two 9 inch round cake pans or one 13"x9"x2" pan.
    2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
    3. Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff, but not too dry, and set aside.
    4. Sift the flour along with the baking powder and salt.
    5. In a large bowl, cream the butter, gradually pouring in the sugar, beating until the mixture is fluffy.
    6. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time. Add the vanilla and continue to beat.
    7. Using a spatula or wooden spoon, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in three additions, alternating with the milk. Fold the efggwhites gently and thoroughly into the batter.
    8. Pour the batter into the baking pan(s), spreading it out with a spatula.
    9. Bake the rounds for 35 to 40 minutes and the rectangle for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
    10. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
    11. Serves 10.
    12. Once cooled, cut the cake into eight equal rectangular pieces.
    13. Arrange the pieces on a board or seving tray in the classic hopschotch pattern.
    14. Use about 2 cups of frosting to ice the cake. Decorate eacvh rectangle with snipped licorice strings, shredded coconut, colored crystal sugars, or raninbow springes.
    15. Make numbers with candies, raisins, peanuts, or pieces of fruit leather.
 

 

 

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