White Birthday Cake with Italian Meringue Icing

Name: White Birthday Cake with Italian Meringue Icing
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 710 milliliters cake flour; 0 teaspoons cream of tartar; 3 larges egg whites; 3 larges eggs; 177 milliliters low-fat buttermilk; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 473 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 59 milliliters water

White Birthday Cake with Italian Meringue Icing might be a good recipe to expand your dessert repertoire. One portion of this dish contains about 5g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 328 calories. This recipe serves 16. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of egg whites, eggs, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It will be a hit at your Birthday event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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To prepare cake, coat 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms of pans with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray; set aside.

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Cooking Spray

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Wax Paper

Place 2 cups sugar and unsalted butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed for 5 minutes or until well blended.

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Unsalted Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.

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Vanilla Extract

Almond Extract

Egg

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Knife

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, stirring with a whisk.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, and mix after each addition.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Pour batter into prepared cake pans. Sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pans for 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove cake from pans. Carefully peel off wax paper, and cool completely on wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

To prepare icing, place cream of tartar and egg whites in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form.

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Cream Of Tartar

Egg Whites

Icing

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Blender

Bowl

Combine 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until sugar dissolves, stirring mixture frequently, and bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, for 2 minutes or until a candy thermometer registers 23

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Candy

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Pour hot sugar syrup in a thin stream over egg whites, beating at high speed until stiff peaks form. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon almond extract.

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Vanilla Extract

Almond Extract

Simple Syrup

Egg Whites

Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread cake layer with 2 cups icing. Top with the remaining cake layer.

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Spread

Icing

Spread remaining icing over top and sides of cake.

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Spread

Icing

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Servings:

1teaspoons

almond extract 1teaspoons

baking powder 1teaspoons

baking soda 710milliliters

cake flour 0teaspoons

cream of tartar 3larges

egg whites 3larges

eggs 177milliliters

low-fat buttermilk 0teaspoons

unsalted butter, softened 1teaspoon

clear vanilla extract 1teaspoon

vanilla extract 59milliliters

water

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are my top picks for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. One wine you could try is Castello di Monsanto Il Poggio Chianti Classico Riserva. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 40 dollars.