Lord Baltimore Cake.

A slight variation of the Lord Baltimore can be found here. Also, Martha Stewart Weddings featured it in an issue back in 2004. Here's their cake, frosting, and filling.


Craig Claiborne's Lord Baltimore Cake


1 cup milk
8 TBSP butter
11 egg yolks
2 cups sugar
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
salt to taste, if desired
1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Fruit Filling (below)
Seven-Minute Frosting (below)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter the bottom of two 8-inch layer cake pans. Cover the bottom of each with a round of wax paper and brush the top of the paper with melted butter.

Combine the milk & butter in a saucepan and bring barely (but not quite) to a simmer. Remove from heat. Put the yolks in the bowl of an electric mixer and start beating on high speed while gradually adding the sugar. Beat until light.

Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk/butter mixture to the yolks. Mix only until the batter is smooth. Pour equal portions of the batter into the prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes. Let stand briefly, then invert onto a rack. Let cool.

Place one layer on a flat surface or plate and cover with the fruit filling, smoothing it over. Cover with the second layer. Smear the top and sides with the frosting.

Fruit Filling


3 large egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
salt to taste, if desired
1 stick butter, melted
1/4 cup coconut macaroons, crumbled
1/4 cup chopped blanched almonds
1/4 cup chopped seeded dates
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup chopped mixed candied fruits, such as pineapple, cherries, etc.
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Seven Minute Frosting

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/3 cup water
2 egg whites
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Place sugar, cream of tartar, salt, water, & egg whites in the top of a double-boiler. Beat with a handheld electric mixer for 1 minute. Place pan over boiling water, being sure that the water does not touch the bottom of the pan. Beat constantly on high speed with electric mixer for 7 minutes. Beat in vanilla.