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Butter Cakes Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups sifted cake flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup butter
3 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Sift flour once; measure and add baking powder. Sift together 3 times. Cream shortening thoroughly; then add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy. Add flour to creamed mixture, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Fold in egg whites. Bake in two greased 9-in layer pans at 375º for 25-30 minutes or in 1 greased 8x8x2 inch pa at 350º for 1 hour.

Double recipe to make 3 10-inch layers.

 

 

 

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