President Ford's Strawberry Blitz Torte
"Very involved cake for entertaining"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (315.4 g)
- Calories 690.7
- Total Fat - 39 g
- Saturated Fat - 12.3 g
- Cholesterol - 1059.7 mg
- Sodium - 264.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 69.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.8 g
- Sugars - 51 g
- Protein - 18.4 g
- Calcium - 184.1 mg
- Iron - 3.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cake:
Step 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 3
Grease 2 (8-inch) layer-cake pans.
Step 4
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.
Step 5
In a large bowl
Step 6
With electric mixer set at medium speed, beat shortening until creamy.
Step 7
Gradually add sugar
Step 8
Continue beating until light and fluffy.
Step 9
Beat egg yolks in separate bowl
Step 10
Add to creamed mixture.
Step 11
Stir in milk and vanilla.
Step 12
Add dry ingredients at low speed and beat until batter is smooth.
Step 13
Pour batter into cake pans.
Step 14
Lightly pile half of the meringue mixture over the batter in each pan
Step 15
Spread evenly.
Step 16
Bake in 350 degree oven until cake tests done and meringue is pale gold, about 35 minutes.
Step 17
Remove from oven
Step 18
Loosen sides of tortes from pans and remove them to wire racks
Step 19
Keeping the meringue side up.
Step 20
Add filling and topping
Step 21
MERINGUE:
Step 22
Beat egg whites, salt and cream of tartar until they stand in soft peaks.
Step 23
Add sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating very thoroughly after each addition.
Step 24
Then add vanilla.
Step 25
STRAWBERRY FILLING AND TOPPING:
Step 26
Combine whipped cream and confectioners sugar.
Step 27
Fold in sliced strawberries.
Step 28
Spread half between layers of Blitz Torte (meringue side up) and use remaining as topping.
Step 29
Decorate with whole berries.
Step 30
Refrigerate if not serving immediately.
Tips
No special items needed.