Formal Wedding Cake

Name: Formal Wedding Cake
Yield: Makes about 100 servings
Ingredients: 1⅔ c. sugar; ⅔ c. shortening; 1½ tsp. vanilla; 1⅓ c. milk; ¼ tsp. almond extract; 3 c. sifted cake flour (see Note); 1½ tsp. salt; 4 tsp. baking powder; 6 tblsp. sugar; 5 egg whites

Preparation info

Makes about
100
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Bake three oblong cakes and three 9" square cakes for this beauty

Ingredients

3 c. sifted cake flour (see Note)
4 tsp. baking powder
1½

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt twice.
Beat egg whites until foamy. Add 6 tblsp. of sugar, 1 tblsp. at a time, beating until mixture stands in soft peaks.
Cream shortening; add 1⅔ c. sugar gradually. Cream until light and fluffy.
Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. A