White Wedding Cake

Name: White Wedding Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon almond extract; 6 teaspoons baking powder; 1 liters sifted cake flour; 8 egg whites; 473 milliliters milk; 2 teaspoons orange extract; 2 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters shortening; 237 milliliters white sugar

White Wedding Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 541 calories, 12g of protein, and 23g of fat. It will be a hit at your Wedding event. If you have egg whites, milk, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Beat egg whites until foamy with sturdy egg beater, or at high speed of electric mixer. Then add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating only until meringue will hold up in soft peaks.

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Egg Whites

Sugar

Egg

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Hand Mixer

In a large bowl, stir shortening just to soften. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and 2 cups sugar; sift into shortening.

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Baking Powder

Shortening

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Add 1 1/2 cups milk and the extracts, and mix until all flour is dampened. Beat 2 minutes at a low speed of electric mixer.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

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Hand Mixer

Add remaining milk and the meringue mixture; beat for 1 minute more.

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Milk

Line the bottoms of one 10 inch square pan and two 8 inch square pans with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Frying Pan

Pour batter to equal depth in each pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for about 45 minutes, or until done. Cool layers.

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Oven

Trim one of the 8 inch square cakes to make a 5 inch square cake.

Place the 10 inch cake on a large flat tray or plate. Frost top and sides with thin layer of Ornamental Icing. Cover top of cake smoothly with more frosting. Center 8 inch cake on top of 10 inch cake, and frost as above. Center 5 inch cake on 8 inch cake, and frost.

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Frosting