Lady Baltimore Cake Recipe for Elegant Occasions – Swans Down

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups – sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons – baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon – cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup – butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups – sugar
• 1/2 cup – milk
• 1 teaspoon – vanilla extract
• 6 – egg whites
• dried – whole apricots
• pecans – halved
• FILLING AND FROSTING
• 2 – egg whites
• dash – salt
• 1/3 cup – water
• 2 teaspoons – light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup – dried apricots, chopped
• 1/2 cup – raisins
• 1/2 cup – pecans, chopped