One - Two - Three - Four Cake II recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar, divided
3 cups cake flour
4 egg yolks, room temperature
4 egg whites, room temperature
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Nutrition Info

428.7 calories
carbohydrate: 62.8 g
cholesterol: 110.6 mg
fat: 17.5 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 5.9 g
saturatedFat: 10.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 220.4 mg
sugar: 34.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch round pans.

  2. Beat butter and 1 cup of sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color.

  3. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks well, then add to butter mixture.

  4. Sift together flour and baking powder. Add alternately with the milk to the butter-sugar mixture. Beat well. Add vanilla.

  5. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Add 1 cup sugar to the egg whites. Fold into cake batter.

  6. Divide evenly into three prepared 9 inch round pans. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes.

Recipe Yield

1 9-inch three-layer cake

Recipe Note

This is a very old recipe. It uses basic items found in most any pantry.

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