Lady Mary Bollinger (original) (raw)
Why do they say I am a 'golden retriever.'
Why do they try to put me in an understandable box.
I am so much more than the limits you try to place on me.
I am so much more than they are not seeing.
~Mary
- Current Location:Montgomery, Alabama
- Current Mood: calm
- Current Music:silence
Ingredients
Cake Layers
- 2 ¼ cups sugar
- 1 ¼ cups butter, softened
- 8 large egg whites, at room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose soft-wheat flour (such as White Lily)
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Shortening
Peach Filling
- Boiling water
- 8 ounces dried peach halves
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 large egg yolks
- ¾ cup sweetened flaked coconut
- ¾ cup chopped toasted pecans
- ½ cup bourbon
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Peach Schnapps Frosting
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ½ cup peach schnapps
- 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
- ⅛ teaspoon table salt
Directions
Instructions Checklist
- Step 1Prepare Cake Layers: Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat first 2 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Gradually add 8 egg whites, 2 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Step 2Sift together flour and baking powder; gradually add to butter mixture alternately with 1 cup water, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract. Spoon batter into 4 greased (with shortening) and floured 9-inch round shiny cake pans (about 1 ¾ cups batter in each pan).
- Step 3Bake at 350°F for 14 to 16 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely (about 30 minutes).
- Current Location:Montgomery, Alabama
- Current Mood: calm
- Current Music:silence
Greetings. I am Lady Mary Bollinger.
I am an artist who resides in Montgomery, Alabama.
I am Filipina, Native American Indian, African, Hawaiian, Asian, American.
I have a puppy named Rascal.
- Current Location:Montgomery, Alabama
- Current Mood: calm
- Current Music:silence