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Classic White Cake

A traditional white cake made with egg whites.

50 min
Easy
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Classic White Cake

Ingredients

sifted cake flour 6 cups
baking powder 2 tablespoons
butter or margarine 1 1/2 cups
sugar 3 cups
milk 2 cups
Pure Vanilla Extract 1 1/4 teaspoons
egg whites 12

Instructions

1

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom of pans and line with waxed paper. Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside.

2

Step 2

Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Set aside. Beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Set aside.

3

Step 3

With a mixer at slow speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with milk. Beat well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour into prepared pans. Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.