White cake
Instructions:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups sifted flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
- 6 egg whites
- Cream butter until soft and bright. Gradually add sugar and continue creaming in order to incorporate as much air as possible.
- Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Sift three times.
- Add flavorings to milk and water. Add flour and liquid mixtures alternately to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into batter.
- Blend well but do not beat.
- Pour into three greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes, then turn onto cake racks and remove pans.
- When cake layers are cool, frost.