1 c Butter or margarine, 3/4 ts Salt
-softened 1 c Milk
2 c Sugar 8 Egg whites
1 ts Vanilla extract Carolina Dream Frosting
3 1/4 c Sifted all-purpose flour -Separate recipe
3 1/2 ts Baking powder
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an
electric mixer. Add vanilla, mixing well.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture
alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix
well after each addition.
Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks form; fold
whites into batter.
Grease three 9-inch round cake pans, and line with wax paper; grease
wax paper. Pour batter into prepared pans; bake at 350 for 18 to 20
minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on
wire racks. Spread Carolina Dream Frosting between layers and on top
and sides of cake. Yield: one 3-layer cake.
Di Note: A very elegant cake that I use around the holidays, last
used at a dinner party for 12.
Di Pahl’s personal recipes-1994
Yields
1 cake