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Checkerboard Cake for Easter

Amanda Formaro
  • 60 minutes
  • Serves

INGREDIENTS

!Ingredients:

4 1/2 cups

cake flour

2 tbsp

baking powder

1 tsp

salt

2 1/2 cups

buttermilk

8

large egg whites

3 cups

sugar

4 tsp

grated lemon zest

2 sticks

unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 tsp

pure lemon extract

!White Frosting:

1 cup

vegetable shortening (not butter flavored)

4 1/2 cups

sifted powdered sugar

4 tbsp

milk

1 1/2 tsp

clear vanilla

1/2 tsp

lemon extract

!Garnish:

Jelly beans

1/2 cup

shredded coconut

1

drop green food coloring