Special-Occasion White Cake

Name: Special-Occasion White Cake
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon almond extract; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 591 milliliters cake flour; 1 liters confectioners sugar; 16 servings Edible pansies; 4 egg whites; 16 servings Lilac paste food coloring; 2 Tbsps milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters shortening; 355 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters cold water

Special-Occasion White Cake requires around 2 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. This dessert has 551 calories, 3g of protein, and 26g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. 236 people found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. This recipe from Taste of Home requires water, sugar, edible pansies, and salt. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Special-Occasion Chocolate Cake, Special-Occasion Orange Layer Cake, and Every Occasion White Cake.

Instructions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in extracts.

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Cream

Sugar

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Bowl

Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with water. Beat just until combined. In another bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.

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Baking Powder

Egg Whites

All Purpose Flour

Water

Salt

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Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans.

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Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

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Oven

In a large bowl, beat shortening, confectioners' sugar, extracts and salt until light and fluffy.

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Powdered Sugar

Shortening

Salt

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Add enough milk to achieve frosting consistency.

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Frosting

Milk

Place one cake on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake. Tint 2 cups frosting with lilac food coloring; spread over top and sides of cake.

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Frosting

Spread

Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert #10 tip and fill with remaining white frosting. Pipe a border of "pearls" around bottom and top of cake. With #3 tip, pipe smaller "pearls" on sides of cake.

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Garnish with pansies.

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Servings:

1teaspoon

almond extract 2teaspoons

baking powder 591milliliters

cake flour 1liters

confectioners' sugar 16servings

Edible pansies 4

egg whites 16servings

Lilac paste food coloring 2Tbsps

milk 0teaspoons

salt 473milliliters

shortening 355milliliters

sugar 1teaspoon

vanilla extract 237milliliters

cold water

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti are my top picks for White Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.

NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry

Very aromatic with notes of hazelnut, vanilla, and a touch of oak followed by sweet raisins and a touch of yeast. Clean lasting finish. Good now but will reward those allow it to age"". A favorite pre-prandial beverage. Consider it with nuts before dinner as an aperitif, or after dinner with dessert, especially chocolates and fruit-based desserts. Also wonderful on cold afternoons, served with biscotti to dip in ""Italian-style"". "