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From Louisiana to Pillsbury to you. . . Mardi Gras Party Cake $25,000 Bake-Off Winner Delicate texture, a marvelous double-butterscotch taste in cake and icing . . . deliciously moist, light and proud. It's worthy of your best, so that's how you start . . . with Pillsbury's BEST Flour: so white, so fresh, so smooth in the blending. A cake like this is a dessert by itself. To get it finished easily in your busy day, make the filling-topping ahead, store in refrigerator, re-heat to use. Recipe's below and in specially marked Pillsbury's BEST Flour sacks, along with more Bake-Off winners! - v ' VI fib mois, so flavorful, you know the BEST Flour made it! Mrs. Kunle Sur1s of Lake Charles, Louisiana really couldn't believe it when her cake won the first grand prize. She's baked many a cake in her life, often for the First Methodist Church, but never .with such a triumph as this. MARDI GRAS PARTY CAKE Adapted by Ann Pillsbury BAKE at 375 for 25 to 30 minutes. MAKES two 9-inch layers. MtH H cup NosHo's Butterscotch Mortals in 3-i' cup water in saucepan. CooL Sift together. .2i cups sifted Pillsbury's BEST All Fur pot How 1 teaspoon Morton Salt 1 teaspoon soda and 34 teaspoon double-acting baking powder. Set aside. Add 114 cups sugar gradually to 34 cup shortining, cream welL Blend in. . . 3 unbeaten oggs; beat well after each. Blend in melted morsels; mix welL 'Add the dry ingredients alternately with 1 cup bvttorailk or sour milk, begin ning and ending with dry ingredi ents. Blend well after each addition. Turn into two 9-inch round (or two cl inch at least 134 inches deep) layer pans, well greased and floured on bottoms. Boko at 375 for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool; spread Filling between layers and on top to within 34 inch of edge. Frost sides and edge with Sea Foam Frosting or whipped cream. BUTTERSCOTCH FILLING Combine 34 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon corn starch, 34 cup evaporated milk, 34 cup water, 34 cup Nestle's Butterscotch Morsels and 1 beaten egg yolk in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick. Remove from heat; add 2 tablespoons Land O'Lakes Butter, 1 cup coconut, chopped, and 1 cup nuts, chopped. CooL SEA FOAM FROSTING Combine in saucepan 34 cup sugar, 34 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 34 cup water and 1 table spoon corn syrup. Cook until a little syrup dropped in cold water forms a soft ball (236 F.). Beat 1 egg white with 34 teaspoon French's Cream of Tartar until stiff peaks form. Add syrup to egg white in slow stream, beating until thick. Pillsbury's X BEST $ ":..XXXX.. ALL PURPOSE FLOUR The flour you find in kitchens where only the BEST will do !
