Gram'S Watermelon Pound Cake
- 6 egg whites
- 1 1/2 cups butter (3 sticks)
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 egg yolks
- 4 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 3/4 cup raisins
- red food coloring
- green food coloring
- Preheat oven at 325u0b0F.
- Whip egg whites.
- Cream butter, sugar and egg yolks together.
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder together.
- Fold into creamed mixture, alternating with.
- the milk.
- Add vanilla and almond extracts.
- Fold in egg whites.
- Separate 1/3 of dough and add green food coloring.
- Add red food coloring and raisins to remaining dough.
- Grease and flour a large round tube pan, then insert vertically a waxed paper circle "fence" 2 inches from the edge of the pan.
- Pour green dough OUTSIDE fence and raisin/red dough INSIDE fence.
- Remove "fence" carefully and place pan into oven on middle rack.
- Bake for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
- Note: For Halloween, Christmas, 4th of July -- endless. Divide cake batter, add coloring and fence as desired. Raisins represent watermelon seeds, so omit.
egg whites, butter, sugar, egg yolks, flour, salt, baking powder, milk, vanilla, almond extract, raisins, red food coloring, green food coloring
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grams-watermelon-pound-cake-164959 (may not work)