Classic White Cake

[mona1949]

The Ingredients

6 cups sifted cake flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups butter or margarine
3 cups sugar
2 cups milk
1 1/4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
12 egg whites

The Method

Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom of pans and line with waxed paper.

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

With a mixer at slow speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with the milk. Beat well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Gently fold egg whites into batter.

Pour into prepared pans. Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.

Makes 12 cups batter.

[tracymes3]

Thanks Mona,

I will be using this recipe alot....I mostly use white cake and just flavor as needed.

[2sdae]

sounds like a very sound recipe, will hafta try it out...now to go buy some eggs, can you believe I forgot?!

[puzzlegut]

Is this a moist cake? I hear that white cakes tend to be on the dry side.

[2sdae]

should be pretty moist with the amount of sugar in it by looks that is. I havent made it.