Talk:Lane cake

Lane's Original Recipe
The original recipe from Lane's book can be found reprinted in the Jan 31, 1968 issue of The Reading Eagle.

Sponge cake: 3.25 cups sifted cake flour 2 tsp double-acting baking powder 1/16 tsp salt 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 2 tsp vanilla 8 egg whites 1 cup milk baked at 375 F for 20 minutes

Filling: 8 egg yolks 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 cup seedless raisins, finely chopped 1/3 cup bourbon or brandy 1 tsp vanilla

Icing was "boiled white frosting" (this was evidently considered a standard recipe).

Modern variations often have nuts or coconut or dried fruit in the filling. The wikibook recipe calls for cherries, but none of that was in the original publication.