White Cake

By kdet

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup milk
• 5 egg whites

Details

Adapted from mizhelenscountrycottage.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Grease and lightly flour two 9 inch cake pans
Combine flour, baking powder and salt. In a mixer bowl with the electric mixer beat the shortening for 30 seconds, add the sugar and vanilla and beat until fluffy. Add the dry ingredients and alternate with the milk. Beat on low after each addition. In another mixer bowl with clean beaters beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into flour mixture. Pour into prepared cake pans.Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or until cake test done. Cool on wire racks before frosting.

Butter Frosting
Miz Helen's Kitchen
6 tablespoons real butter
4 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a small mixer bowl beat butter till light and fluffy. Gradually add about half of the powdered sugar, beating well. Beat in the milk and the vanilla Gradually beat in remaining powdered sugar. If necessary to make frosting more spreadable, add small amounts of milk to thin to needed consistency . Frost the cooled cake.