bridal shower cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 cups sifted cake flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 egg whites

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 55 mins


• preheat the oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
• cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. sift flour with baking powder and salt, and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. beat well. stir in vanilla.
• in a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. divide batter into prepared pans.
• bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert a wire rack to cool completely. cover with white butter icing, and decorate as desired.