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"My Inspiration" Cake

"My Inspiration" Cake
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This beautiful cake, layered with pecans and chocolate, looks as if it came straight from the gourmet bakery down the street. Created by Lois Kanago of Webster, South Dakota, it garnered the Grand Prize in 1953.

Prep Time:
25 Min
Total Time:
2 Hr 10 Min
Makes:
16 servings
Pillsbury Bake-Off
Lois Kanago
Denver, CO
Bake-Off® Contest 05, 1953
-$25,000 GRAND PRIZE WINNER
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INGREDIENTS
Cake
1cup chopped pecans
2 1/4cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
1 1/2cups sugar
4teaspoons baking powder
1/2teaspoon salt
2/3cup shortening
1 1/4cups milk
1teaspoon vanilla
4egg whites
2oz. semisweet chocolate, grated
Frosting
1/2cup sugar
2oz. unsweetened chocolate
1/4cup water
1/2cup shortening
1teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4cups powdered sugar
1to 2 tablespoons water
DIRECTIONS
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Sprinkle pecans evenly in bottom of greased and floured pans.
2.Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl, combine all remaining cake ingredients except egg whites and chocolate; beat 1 1/2 minutes at medium speed. Add egg whites; beat 1 1/2 minutes. Carefully spoon 1/4 of batter into each pecan-lined pan. Sprinkle with grated chocolate. Spoon remaining batter over grated chocolate; spread carefully.
3.Bake at 350°F. for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake is golden brown and top springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled.
4.Meanwhile, in small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, unsweetened chocolate and 1/4 cup water; cook over low heat until melted, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat; cool.
5.In small bowl, combine 1/2 cup shortening and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Gradually beat in 2 cups of the powdered sugar until well blended. Reserve 1/3 cup white frosting. To remaining frosting, add cooled chocolate, remaining 1/4 cup powdered sugar and enough water for desired spreading consistency.
6.To assemble cake, place 1 layer, pecan side up, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/2 cup chocolate frosting. Top with second layer, pecan side up. Frost sides and 1/2 inch around top edge of cake with remaining chocolate frosting. If necessary, thin reserved white frosting with enough water for desired piping consistency; pipe around edge of nuts on top of cake.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft)  Increase flour in cake to 2 1/2 cups; decrease baking powder in cake to 3 teaspoons. Bake as directed above.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft)

Increase flour in cake to 2 1/2 cups; decrease baking powder in cake to 3 teaspoons. Bake as directed above.

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