October cider cake - part 2
1 cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 3 | tablespoons | Cornstarch |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Butter or margarine |
| ¼ | cup | Plus 1 tbsp apple cider |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Apple cider |
| 2 | tablespoons | Lemon juice |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
| 4½ | cup | Powdered sugar; sifted |
| ½ | cup | Pecans; chopped |
Directions
CIDER FILLING
CREAMY CIDER FROSTING
Cider Filling: Combine sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a heavy saucepan; gradually stir in cider. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.
Remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and butter; cool.
Yield: about 1-¾ cups
Creamy Cider Frosting: Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; cool.
Gradually add sugar until of spreading consistency; beat until smooth. Add pecans. Yield: enough for one (8-inch) 3-layer cake.
"Indian-Summer Dinner" _Company's Coming!_ Southern Living/Southern Heritage Oxmoor House, 1983 ISBN 0-8487-0603-X Typos by Jeff Pruett Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 09-14-95