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August 12, 2011
Snow White Cake
Traditional Cakes & Pies
Prep time:
22 minutesbaking time:
25 minutes“Everyone in my family knew he or she was loved because Grandma made each of us this homemade birthday cake.”
Ingredients
Serves 12
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup marzipan
- 2 teaspoons almond extract, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 6 egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 2 (16-ounce) cans white frosting
- 3 cups whipped topping
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
2
Sift cake flour, baking powder and salt together into a medium bowl.
3
Combine butter, 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar and marzipan in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer set at medium speed until fluffy. Beat in 1 teaspoon almond extract and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating continually. Beat until well mixed. Fold in the beaten egg whites.
4
Pour equal portions of batter into prepared cake pans. Bake layers until a toothpick inserted in the center of each layer comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
5
Transfer cake pans to wire racks. Let stand to cool for 10 minutes. Turn the layers onto wire racks to cool completely.
6
Mix frosting and whipped topping in a large bowl. Stir in remaining almond extract. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake.
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Grandma's Secret Tips!
Grandma's Secret Tips!
This white cake is the base for a Lady Baltimore cake, a family tradition. Grandma mixed 6 chopped dried figs, 1 cup of nuts and 1/2 cup of raisins with 1 cup of seven-minute or other fluffy white frosting. Then she spread the frosting between the layers and over the top and sides of the cake.
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