Easter Party Cake

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon almond extract 
• 2.5 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.3 cup butter 
• 1.8 cups cake flour sifted
• 0.5 cup candy-coated milk chocolate eggs 
• 1 cup coconut or flaked
• 0.1 teaspoon cream of tartar 
• 5  egg whites beaten
• 4 drops food coloring green
• 0.3 cup milk 
• 2 drops food coloring red
• 0.3 cup shortening 
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 2 tablespoons water 
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• oven
• double boiler
• ziploc bags

Directions

1. Cream butter or margarine and shortening.
2. Add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating until mixture resembles whipped cream.
3. Sift flour and baking powder together 3 times; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and almond extract. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites carefully.
4. Pour batter into two greased 8 inch round pans.
5. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Cool layers on wire racks.
6. Place 1 cup sugar, water, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, cream of tartar, 2 egg whites, and red food colouring in top of double boiler. Cook, beating constantly, until frosting is thick and creamy.
7. Frost cake with icing. Make a nest of green coconut on top of cake, and fill nest with candy eggs.
8. Sprinkle a border of coconut around base of cake. Makes 15-20 servings.
9. To make green tinted coconut,
10. Place coconut in a large plastic bag, put a few drops of green food color in the bag and shake until desired consistency is achieved.