Alabama Lane Cake Recipe • Rouses Supermarkets

Ingredients

• For the cake:
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pans
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3¾ cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising), plus more for pans
• 3½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup milk
• 8 large egg whites
• For the glaze:
• 8 large egg yolks
• 4 whole large eggs
• 1½ cups sugar
• 2½ cups (5 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces, at room temperature (For ease of handling, cut into pieces while butter is cold, then allow pieces to come to room temperature.)
• ¼ cup bourbon
• For the filling:
• 2 cups raisins, preferably large, such as muscat or monukka, finely chopped
• ½ cup bourbon
• 2 ¾ cups shredded unsweetened coconut
• 1¼ cups chopped pecans
• ½ cup candied kumquats, drained and chopped
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