The Costco Pound Cake, Three in a package,
(is only baked in the summer time)
It is the basis for a very special cake.
"The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers" Cake
also known as the DUP Cake.
Are you 18 years or older? Are you a lineal descendant of an ancestor who came to Utah before the completion of the railroad on May 10, 1869? If so, you might win this cake!
Every year I am asked to contribute my famous, home made cake to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP) bake sale. The first year it was auctioned off to a Professor of History from the "Big City".
The next year a member of the DUP won my cake.
The very next year, I received a phone call the night before the bake sale asking me when exactly would I be bringing the cake. The caller was waiting for me at the front door. The next year, the organizer met me at the door and the cake disappeared.
The following year I received a phone call, asking me to please bring my home made cake AND the cake recipe. My recipe? Oh no, I can't do that. It is a secret. But I will share my secret with you.
So simple, all you need is one pound cake, your favorite preserves and Butter Cream (recipe follows).
Cut pound cake (your own recipe, Sarah Lee or from Costco) into 3 or 4 slices.
Butter Cream: cream together 1½ sticks soft, unsalted butter,
2 to 2½ cups powdered sugar and
2 to 3 TB fresh lemon juice.
On first layer spread your favorite fruit preserve.
Next layer spread butter cream filling, and last layer, more preserves.
Cover entire cake with the remaining butter cream. Decorate with violets or little violas.
Refrigerate. Keeps well.
Even better the next day.
Have a lovely weekend my dear
Blogging Friends
Gina
Partial re-post from 2012