---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: MAPLE-FROSTED GOLDEN CAKE
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 1 Cake
 
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      1 pt Rpose flour
  1 1/4 c  Sugar
  2 1/2 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Salt
      1 c  Milk
    1/2 c  Shortening
      2    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
           Maple Frosting (below)
 
  In mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add 3/4
  cup of the milk and the shortening. Beat 2 minutes on medium speed of
  electric mixer. Add remaining milk, eggs, and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes more.
  Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8 x 1 1/2-inch round baking pans.
  Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans. When
  cool, fill and frost with Maple Frosting.
  
  MAPLE FROSTING: In saucepan cook 1 1/4 cups pure maple syrup to soft ball
  stage (238). Gradually add the hot maple syrup to 2 stiffly beaten egg
  whites, beating constantly with electric mixer. Stir in 1/4 cup sifted
  powdered sugar and beat till well blended.
 
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