Lane Cake

Name: Lane Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup butter or margarine, softened; 2 cups sugar; 3 1/4 cups sifted cake flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; Pinch of salt; 1 cup milk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 8 egg whites (reserve yolks for filling)

8 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
3 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
8 egg whites (reserve yolks for filling)

Directions

1

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
2

Combine dry ingredients. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla.
3

Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
4

Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely.
5

Spread filling between layers of cake; spread top and sides of cake with frosting.