White Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 8 egg whites
• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup butter

Method

1. 1

   Cream sugar and butter.

2. 2

   Add milk and flour, then fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.

3. 3

   Add vanilla or almond extract.

4. 4

   Bake in three layers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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