Bake Dad's cake for Father's Day

Clockwise: Baroque Square dish (Intrada of Italy)

Item# 11638- Fleur De Lis Tray (IHI)(sorry, cheese & grapes not included)

Caffe Latte mug (Santa Barbara Ceramics)

Right : Footed cake dish A (Intrada of Italy)

Bottom:
Items# 9737S, 9737M, 9737L (IHI)


Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 3 cups cake flour - (you can use item# 9737M to store flour - $ 28.95), L - $ 34.95)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 3 cups white sugar - (you can use item# 9737S to store sugar - $ 22.95)
• 6 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar - (you can use item# 9737L - $ 34.95)
• 3 tbsp orange juice

Directions - Cake:

• Preheat oven to 300 deg F. Grease a 10" bundt or tube pan. Sprinkle pecans on bottom of pan; set aside. (If there are extra nuts, serve these using baroque square dish - $ 31.00)
  
• Sift together flour, salt and baking soda into a medium bowl, set aside.
  
• In a large owl, cream butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream. pour batter over pecans in prepared pan.
• Bake for 75 to 90 minutes (depending on your oven) or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• Place cooled cake on this item# 11638 Fleur De Lis serving tray - $ 45.95, if you used the tube pan. Or footed cake dish (14") - $ 56.00, if you used bundt pan.
  

Directions - Glaze:

• In a small bowl, combine confectioner's sugar, orange juice and 1 tsp vanilla.
• Drizzle over cake while still warm.

To go with your cake, how about a mug of caffe latte ? Of course, we recommend to serve it with our big latte mug ($ 10.00).

We hope Dad will eat his cake and enjoy a drink of latte on his day!

Recipe - courtesy of Seek Publishing.