Buttermilk Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 4 egg whites, beaten stiff
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup nuts, chopped or 1 cup shredded coconut
• 3 tablespoons cream

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch pan. heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy. beat in egg yolks, one at a time.
• 3 sift cake flour with cream of tartar and baking soda. beat into batter alternately with buttermilk in several additions. fold in egg whites.
• 4 pour batter into prepared pan. bake about 50 minutes, until cake tests done.
• 5 stir together topping ingredients. remove finished cake from oven, spread with topping and place under broiler, 3 inches from heat, until bubbly and caramelized, 1 to 2 minutes.