Name: Lady Baltimore Cake
Yield: Yields 12 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 cups (244 g) flour; ½ cup (118 ml) water; ½ cup (118 ml) sherry, rum, brandy, or Bourbon; 4 egg whites; ½ cup (101 g) sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 cup (202 g) sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup (118 ml) milk; Juice of one lemon; Zest of one lemon; ¼ cup (60 ml) water; 1 cup (235 ml) raisins; 1 cup (235 ml) English walnuts, broken; Butter for greasing the pans; 4 eggs, separated; ½ teaspoon almond extract; ½ cup (115 g) butter; 2 cups (403 g) sugar

Preparation info

Yields
12
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Bill Neal's Southern Cooking

By Bill Neal

Published 1985

About

Though Owen Wister spread the fame of Lady Baltimore across the country with his well-known book of the same name, it is probably truer today that the enduring charm of the confection has led more people to seek out the 1906 novel than vice versa. While the Women’s Exchange no longer exists—the site of an intrigue wherein aristocratic family secrets are revealed in the book—this old-fashioned cake is still available on special request from the Olde Colony Bakery at 280 King