This White Cake recipe is just great, easy and quick to make, it's a light cake, not at all dry in the mouth, tender and firm at the same time, ideal for birthday layer cakes, sugar paste cakes and weddings cakes.
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White Cake Recipe
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 12 slices
Description
Recipe of the white cake, a dense and rich sponge cake for your layer cakes (for a cake of 6 inch / 15 cm)
Ingredients
- 385 g (3 cup) flour - sifted
- 2 ½ tsp of backing powder
- ½ tsp of salt
- 113 g butter - softened at room temperature
- 63 ml vegetable oil
- 225 g sugar
- 4 egg whites - at room temperature
- 118 ml buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C (fan oven).
- Prepare the 15 cm diameter moulds by lining them with greaseproof paper (cook this preparation in 3 times to have 3 layers of cakes).
- Mix together the sifted flour, baking powder and salt (avoid direct contact between the yeast and salt).
- In another bowl, mix together the milk and vanilla.
- In the bowl of a food processor, mix the soft butter, oil and sugar with a mixer at medium speed for 2-3 minutes until the mixture is fluffy and smooth. Then add the egg whites one by one while continuing to mix at medium speed.
- Finish by adding the first mixture of flour, salt and yeast and the fermented milk in small quantities.
- Keep mixing on medium speed until the cake batter is smooth.
- Divide this preparation into the 3 moulds and cook for 40-45 minutes, check the cooking with a tester or a knife, plunge your knife in the center of the cake, it must come out clean.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before unmolding, then place it on a wire rack and let it cool completely.
- Wrap your cake layers in cling film and place them in the fresh for a few hours before cutting.
- Using a cake lyre or long serrated knife, simply level the 3 cake layers.
Notes
- If you do not have buttermilk, you can replace it with milk and add a tablespoon of lemon juice or white vinegar.
- Prepare your cake 24 hours before assembling your layer cake.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 315
- Sugar: 19.5 g
- Sodium: 128.2 mg
- Fat: 13.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 44.4 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 21.4 mg
Keywords: white cake, sponge cake, layer cake
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