Classic Lane Cake

Name: Classic Lane Cake
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: American, Southern
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups, pecans, toasted and chopped; 1 cup (3 ounces/85 grams), sweetened shredded coconut; 1 (13 ounces/369 grams) jar, cherry preserves; 1 tablespoon, bourbon; 2 large, egg whites; 2/3 cup (4⅔ ounces/132 grams), sugar; 4 teaspoons, water; 1/2 teaspoon, cream of tartar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 3 (8-inch), white cake rounds (see note)

Desserts or Baked Goods
American
Southern
Cakes
Great American Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2008

Emma Rylander Lane of Clayton, Ala., first published the cake recipe that bears her name in 1898, after it had won the blue ribbon at a country fair in Columbus, Ga. Her cake became nationally famous when it was featured in Harper Lee's 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 50 minutes

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