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White Layer Cake Recipe

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Every recipe file should contain a standard delicious cake like this. Topped with your favorite flavor of frosting, it's great for any occasion.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

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White Layer Cake Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 10-12 Servings

15 30 45

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
4 egg whites
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/3 cups buttermilk
2-1/2 cups frosting of your choice

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg whites, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
Spread evenly into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 slice equals 508 calories, 18 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 22 mg cholesterol, 376 mg sodium, 81 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as White Layer Cake in Complete Guide to Baking , p95

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Reviewed on Jul. 13, 2012 by juliemewood

Bake it right. Yes. I had the same issue but seeing as it is a layer cake, that's probably the point.

Reviewed on Feb. 21, 2012 by bakeitright

I know that this cake was suppost to be in 2- 9" pans but, I made this recipe in a 9 x 13 cake pan and thought it would look like a regular cake but the finished result was about 1" high. It rose in the oven, then went down when cooled. Did anyone else have this problem? Does this cake really work in a 9 x 13 pan?

Reviewed on Aug. 14, 2011 by s_pants

Very moist and delicious. I made the recipe 1-1/2 times and made a 3 layer cake. The layers came out very even and the frosted cake looked very pretty.

Reviewed on Mar. 12, 2009 by dhanabree

so moist. yum.

I added a little almond flavor. I will also cut the sugar a little next time as it was almost too sweet when iced, but still so good.