{"id":2951,"date":"2026-02-15T18:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:42:14","slug":"yellow-party-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/yellow-party-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Party Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 C. sugar<br \/>\n3\/4 C. butter or margarine; softened<br \/>\n2 eggs<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tsp. vanilla<br \/>\n2 1\/2 C. all-purpose flour<br \/>\n2 1\/2 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n1 1\/4 C. milk<br \/>\nLemon filling<br \/>\nSeven-minute frosting<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In mixer bowl cream together sugar and butter till light and fluffy (about 8 to 10 minutes  at medium speed of electric mixer), scraping bowl frequently. Add eggs and vanilla; beat  at medium speed about 2 minutes or till mixture is light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl  frequently. Stir together the flour, baking powder, and 1 tsp. salt. Add to creamed  mixture alternately with the milk, beating at low speed after each addition. Beat 1 minute  at end. Turn batter into two greased and lightly floured 9 x 1 1\/2-inch round baking pans.  Bake in 350 oven for 30 to 35 minutes or till cake tests done. Cool 10 minutes. Remove  from pans and cool thoroughly on wire racks. Fill with Lemon Filling; frost with Seven-  Minute Frosting. Sprinkle shredded coconut on sides of cake, if desired.  Lemon filling: Combine 3\/4 C. sugar, 2 Tbls. cornstarch, and dash salt in  saucepan. Add 3\/4 C. water, 2 beaten egg yolks, and 3 Tbls. lemon juice. Cook  over medium heat till thick and bubbly, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in 1  tsp. grated lemon peel and 1 Tbls. butter or margarine. Cool.  Seven-minute frosting: In double boiler top not over heat, combine 1 1\/2 C. sugar, 2  unbeaten egg whites, 2 tsp. light corn syrup, and dash salt. Add 1\/3 C. cold water.  Beat 1\/2 minute at low speed to blend. Place over boiling water. Beating constantly with  electric mixer, cook about 7 minutes or till frosting forms stiff peaks. Remove from heat  and add 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat about 2 minutes more or till spreading consistency.  Spread on cake at once.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.&quot;  (Genesis 9:3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/yellow-party-cake\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}