Lamby Cake
April 3, 2015
One day, I was leafing through my mother’s Joy of Cooking and - low and behold – the instructions to bake this exact lamb cake is right in the book! This cake is a family tradition.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hr
- Yields: 8 - 10 Servings
Directions
1Preheat oven to 375˚.
2Sift the flour, then resift with the baking powder and salt.
3Cream the sugar and butter until fluffy.
4Combine the milk and vanilla.
5Add the sifted ingredients to the butter mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the liquid combination. Stir the batter until smooth after each addition.
6Whip the egg whites and the cream of tartar until stiff, but not dry.
7Fold them lightly into the batter.
8Pour the batter into the front of the mold (front piece should be face down on a cookie sheet) making sure to fill it as full as possible. Then set the back of the mold on top.
9Bake the cake in the preheated oven for an hour. You can test the cake with a wooden tooth pick or skewer through the steam vent whole in the mold.
10Allow the cake to cool in the mold for 15-30 minutes and then use a butter knife to pry the mold apart. Run the knife around the edge of the front part of the cake very lightly turn the mold over, so that the cake is in your hands. Now, gently remove the cake from the front part of the mold.
11Let the cake cool for several hours before icing it. Ice with icing and then cover it in coconut and use jellybeans for the eyes and nose.
White Cake, Version II, The Joy of Cooking
3 Reviews
Betsy King
April 21, 2019
I have been making my family’s lamb cake for years using the recipe from the Joy of Cooking my mom got for a wedding present in 1966. This year I didn’t have the cookbook available (long story that started with a house fire in December) so I Googled recipes and yours sounded closest to what I remembered. I knew there were a few differences but stuck to your recipe. My family said it was my best lamb cake ever!
Jeanne
April 3, 2015
Good job, Leslie! It isn’t easy to make me laugh before my first cup of coffee. Recipe looks good…all I have to do is find the mold!
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admin
April 21, 2019
Wow! I am glad you made the cake. My husband just made our Lamby Cake and I think it was the best ever as well. There were no toothpicks involved in putting the ears back on.