[TomGuy]

I have been cooking since age 10 or so

By the time I was 12 or so, I could bake a 2 layer angel food cake from scratch and top it with 7-minute double boiler icing I also made from scratch.

[thecodont]

By the time I was 12 or so, I could bake a 2 layer angel food cake from scratch and top it with 7-minute double boiler icing I also made from scratch.

So (if you added a fruit and nut filling), you have in fact prepared a Lady Baltimore Cake?