White Cake Supreme

Title: White Cake Supreme

Categories: Cakes

Yield: 10 servings

3/4 c Shortening

1 1/2 c Sugar

2 1/4 c Cake flour; sifted

1 tb Baking powder

3/4 ts Salt

1 c Milk

1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract

5 Egg whites

Recipe by: Southern Living

Preparation Time : 0:20

Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at

medium speed of an electric mixer. Combine flour, baking

powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with

milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after

each addition. Stir in vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff

peaks form. Gently fold into batter. Pour batter into 2

9-inch round cakepans. Bake at

25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick

inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10

minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire

racks. Frost as desired. Yield: one 2-layer cake.

WHITE CUPCAKES: Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin pans,

filling each cup two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool on wire racks.

Frost as desired. Yield: 26 cupcakes. --