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Ingredients
- 9 cups granulated sugar
- 6 cups cake flour
- 1/4 cups salt
- 1/4 cups baking soda
- 2 3/4 cups solid shortening
- 4 cups butter
- 2 cups whole eggs
- 5 cups buttermilk
- 1/8 cup vanilla extract
- 8 cups egg whites
- 8 cups granulated sugar
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 320 degrees F.
Mix together sugar, flour, salt, soda, shortening and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on 2nd speed for 3 minutes. Then add whole eggs, buttermilk and vanilla to the mixture and beat again for 3 minutes on 2nd speed. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites and sugar into a meringue state. Then gently fold the meringue into the buttermilk mixture. Pour into 4 parchment lined sheet pans or 4 (4 by 13-inch) round cake pans. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake.
This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.