Easy
Everyday White Cake Recipe
Keep
this versatile recipe on your recipe shelf. Whip it out for birthdays,
when you’re in a hurry, or even guests. Make Pineapple Upside
Down Cake, Boston Cream Pie, or California Lemon Cake. Double it to
make a white layer cake. You’ll find this recipe easy and use
it so often that it will feel like an everyday recipe. As a birthday
cake or an everyday cake, this is a white cake recipe that you can count
on.
Ingredients
1 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup shortening
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tablespoons baking powder
3/4 cups milk
Directions
Preheat the oven
to 375 degrees. Grease and dust with flour a single 9-inch round cake
pan for a single layer cake. Dust two if you are doubling the recipe
for a layer cake.
1. Cream the sugar,
salt, and shortening together. Add the egg and beat until light and
fluffy. Add the vanilla.
2. In another bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together.
3. Add about one-third of the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture
and mix briefly. Add about one-third of the milk and mix. Continue twice
more with the remaining flour and milk. Do not over mix. Scrape the
batter into the pan.
4. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cake tests done with a toothpick.
5. Let the cake rest in the pan for about five minutes and then remove
it to a wire rack to continue cooling.
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