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Ingredients
- 12 eggs, separated
- 6 cups sugar
- 3 cups shortening
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 9 cups flour, plus additional for flouring blueberries and cake pan
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 cups milk
- 6 cups blueberries
- Butter, for greasing pan
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat the egg whites; set aside.
- Mix the egg yolks with sugar, shortening, vanilla, and salt.
- In a separate bowl mix the 9 cups of flour and the baking powder.
- Mix the flour mixture with the egg mixture, slowly adding the milk.
- Fold in the egg whites.
- Flour the blueberries and then fold them into the cake batter.
- Butter and flour 2 (12 by 18 by 1-inch) baking pans.
- Pour the blueberry cake batter into the pans and bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out dry and the cake springs back when touched firmly.
- This recipe is part of a Maine Lobsterbake.
