Basic White Cake
Basic White Cake Recipe
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
basic white cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 cups cake flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp lemon extract
Instructions
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In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and shortening.
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Combine flour, baking powder and salt, add alternately with milk to the creamed mixture and mix well. Add vanilla and lemon extract.
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Carefully fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
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Turn out into a cake pan lined with wax paper or greased parchment paper on the bottom, and buttered on the sides.
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Bake in 190 C (375 F) oven about 20 minutes or until the cake tests done with a toothpick.
