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1,2,3,4 Cake #3

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Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 c Butter
  • 2 c Sugar
  • 3 c Flour
  • 4 Eggs (separated)
  • 1 c Milk
  • 3 ts Baking powder
  • 2 ts Vanilla

Directions:

From: wilson@cluster.unca.edu
 
Date: 1 Dec 1995 20:34:35 -0700 Cream butter (or shortening) and sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time, and beat between each addition. Add vanilla and then alternately add the dry ingredients and milk. Fold in beaten egg whites. Put batter in a greased tube pan. Bake at 325 F until light golden brown, about 1 1/4 hours.
 
Notes: Buttermilk may be substituted for milk Eggs may be added at the first, unseparated. If making layers (3), bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
 
My grandmother used this recipe for a geranium cake where she would first line the "well- greased" pan with scented geranium leaves.
 
Ken Wilson Asheville, North Carolina, USA
 
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