BRIDAL SHOWER CAKE

Bridal Shower Cake image

For those of you contemplating making a friend or family member a bridal shower cake, here is a good white cake recipe.

Provided by Carol

Categories Desserts Cakes White Cake Recipes

Time 1h55m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

¾ cup butter
2 cups white sugar
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 egg whites

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift flour with baking powder and salt, and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat well. Stir in vanilla.
In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain. Divide batter into prepared pans.
Bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a finger and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Cover with white butter icing, and decorate as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 568.2 calories, Carbohydrate 94 g, Cholesterol 48.2 mg, Fat 18.3 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 7.9 g, SaturatedFat 11.4 g, Sodium 499.1 mg, Sugar 51.8 g