Bridal Shower Cake
For those of you contemplating making a friend or family member a bridal shower cake, here is a good white cake recipe.
Servings per recipe: 8
Calories per serving: 568
Preparation time: 30m
Total cooking time: 1h 55m
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 egg whites
Directions:
- 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
- 2 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.
- 3 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.
- 4 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.
- 5 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.
Nutrion facts:
Total Fat | 18.3g | 28% |
Saturated Fat | 11.0g | |
Cholesterol | 48mg | 16% |
Sodium | 499mg | 20% |
Potassium | 143mg | 4% |
Total Carbohydrates | 94g | 30% |
Dietary Fiber | 0.9g | 4% |
Protein | 7.9g | 16% |
Sugars | 52g | |
Vitamin A | 589IU | |
Vitamin C | 0mg | |
Calcium | 152mg | |
Iron | 4mg | |
Thiamin | 0mg | |
Niacin | 5mg | |
Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
Magnesium | 15mg | |
Folate | 103mcg |