Enjoy this great cake made with egg whites – a delicious dessert!
Basic White Cake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 5 egg whites
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans with shortening; lightly flour.
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Step2In large bowl, beat flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, shortening and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until moistened, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Add egg whites; beat 2 minutes longer, scrapping bowl occasionally. Pour batter evenly into pans.
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Step3Bake 8-inch pans 30 to 38 minutes (9-inch pans 27 to 35 minutes) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans; place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Fill and frost as desired.
Nutrition
270
Calories
9g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
42g
Total Carbohydrate
26g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 270
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 250mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 42g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 26g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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