White cake and frosting
Source of Recipe
Posted By: Jen in Ca
Recipe Introduction
This is the wedding cake recipe we used to use at the restaurant.
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons hot water
4 large egg whites (chilled)
1 tsp baking powder
3 cups cake flour, sifted 7 times
1 cup water
1 tablespoon milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour 2 round 9-inch cake pans or 1 rectangular 8 x 13"
pan. Line the rectangular pan with waxed paper.
Beat egg whites in chilled metal bowl until foamy. Gradually beat in baking powder, and
continue beating until stiff.
Cream butter, salt and sugar. Add hot water. Beat until fluffy.
Set aside.
Sift flour 7 times after it has been measured.
Combine cold water, milk and vanilla. Add flour to creamed mixture
alternately with water-milk mixture; start and end with flour.
Blend well after each addition; beat hard for 2 minutes after the
last addition.
Pour into prepared pan(s). Bake 30-35 minutes, or until cake tests
done.
Cool cake in pans 10 minutes before turning out onto cooling racks.
Cool completely before frosting.
Creamy White Frosting
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg white, beaten foamy
2/3 cup skim milk, lukewarm
1 teaspoon vanilla
With electric mixer, cream together the butter, shortening, and
sugar.
Add egg white and beat well.
Add milk and vanilla, and beat for 10 minutes.
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