About
When times are tough for you or your loved ones, a touch of sweetness can bring relief and a little brightness. Funeral Cake is an elegant, tender, and buttery confection infused with bright citrus flavors to help brighten everyone's spirits. With a smooth, tangy glaze overtop, Funeral Cake will encourage everyone to smile and remember the good times, even through the bad ones. It's amazing what a little cake can do.
Ingredients
- For the cake:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup all-vegetable shortening
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
- For the glaze:
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon, orange, or vanilla extract
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 -Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt cake pan.
Step 3 -In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.
Step 4 -In a large bowl, cream the sugar and the shortening together.
Step 5 -Add the eggs, one at a time, to the sugar mixture, mixing well after each addition.
Step 6 -Continue to mix the sugar mixture and alternate adding in small amounts of the flour mixture and the milk, ending with the flour mixture.
Step 7 -Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of lemon extract and 1/2 teaspoon of orange extract into the batter.
Step 8 -Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan; the batter will be thicker than regular cake batter.
Step 9 -Bake the cake until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Step 10 -Allow the cake to cool.
Step 11 -While the cake cools, in a small mixing bowl, stir together the powdered sugar, butter, milk, and lemon extract. Continue to add the milk in a little at a time until it reaches a consistency that will pour but easily is not too runny.
Step 12 -Flip the cake over and remove it from the pan.
Step 13 -Slowly pour the glaze over the cooled cake. The glaze will harden slightly.
Step 14 -Slice and serve.
