Lady Baltimore Cake

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RECIPE #1

RECIPE #2

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This cake I'd heard of, first through The Simpsons:

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Agnes: [to Bart, who is keeping her busy whilst Seymour and Edna sneak out]   I collect pictures of wedding cakes from different periods. (She opens a book containing photographs of cakes) It all started in 1969 when Good Housekeeping featured a picture of a lovely cake.

Bart: You wouldn't happen to have any real cakes around here, would you?

Agnes: Oh my, no. Don't care for cake, too sweet. (points at a cake) Now, this is called a Lady Baltimore cake. At my age, I don't have that much saliva left, so you'll have to lick my thumb before I turn the page.

Bart: Aw, can't I just turn the page for you?

Agnes: [slaps his hand away, harsher] No! [sweetly] But you can pick out any picture you want to take home with you.

Bart: Erm...O.K. I'll take...that one.

Agnes: [slaps his hand away] NO!

Bart: Aah! What the-
Agnes: You can't have that one: that's a coconut cake!

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Comments

[pony-rocks.livejournal.com]

Aaah, thanks for that! I love that scene.
(The cake looks frightfully tasteless, though.)

[kat-food.livejournal.com]

I love you for including the Simpsons reference. 'Cause that's exactly what I think of, too, when I think of Lady Baltimore cakes. (Which isn't that often.)

[kerkevik-2014.livejournal.com]

Crisco is used for baking?

Never in any of the books I've read has Crisco ever been used for baking...

kerk

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Shortening is used for baking and Crisco is shortening. It performs the fat/suet/butter/lard role with a different melt point. For example, it makes cookies cakier, less flat.