You Have 6 Hours To Eat This Cake... 1925 Lightening Cake Recipe - Today on the Glen And Friends Old Cookbook Show we take a look at a Lightening cake recipe where the cake and the icing are baked together at the same time. Yes, it isn't really icing / frosting; it's a meringue topping but you get the idea. This is an offshoot of other Lightening cake recipes, or BlitzKuchen. We're looking to round out the culinary history of this cake - we scoured old cookbooks, community cookbooks, and church cookbooks - we found lots of recipes for Lightening Cake and Blitzkuchen, but very few that include the baked meringue cake topping. Lightening CakeOne-fourth cup of fatOne-half cup sugarOne-third cup milkOne teaspoon lemon extractThree egg yolksOne cup flourOne and One-half teaspoons baking powderOne-eighth teaspoon saltCream the fat until it is soft. Add the sugar and beat for one minute. Add the milk, lemon extract and egg yolks. Beat for two minutes. Add all the rest of the ingredients and beat for one minute. Pour into a shallow baking pan. Have the batter one-half inch thick.FrostingThree egg whitesOne-half cup of sugarOne-half cup nut meatsOne teaspoon cinnamonTwo tablespoons sugarBeat the egg whites until they are very stiff. Add the half cup of sugar and beat for one minute. Add the nut meats. Pile on top of the cake batter. Mix the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over top of the egg whites. Bake in a slow oven for thirty minutes.We no longer do sponsorships or paid promotions of any kind; we tried it a couple of times but it never felt right. So if you want to support us, please subscribe, watch, comment and like the videos; maybe even go a step farther and recommend them to your friends and family. This channel is nothing without you our viewers! Thanks for watching the Old Cookbook Show and our Historical Cooking.#LeGourmetTV #GlenAndFriendsCookingCheck out our Aviation and Flying Channel: https://www.youtube.com/glenshangar