Aunt Seppies Ice Box Cake - powdered sugar

Method

• Cream together the butter and the powdered sugar until light.
• Add the egg yolks one at a time beating well after each addition.
• Beat in the vanilla extract.
• Stiffly beat the egg whites then fold them carefully into the yolk mixture.
• Line the bottom of a pan with ladyfingers and cover with half of the sugar mixture.
• Cover this with some of the pineapple and the cherries.
• Whip 1 cup of the cream and spread half of this over the fruit in the pan.
• Make another layer of ladyfingers, cover with the sugar mixture, add the rest of the fruit, and cover this with the remaining whipped cream.
• Add another layer of ladyfingers and end with a layer of the sugar mixture on top.
• Let this stand in the refrigerator overnight, then whip the rest of the cream and cover the entire cake with this.
• Decorate it with some of the candied cherries.