1-2-3-4 Cake

Title: 1-2-3-4 CAKE

Categories: Cakes

Yield: 9 Servings

4 ts Baking powder

3 c Cake flour; sifted

1/2 ts Salt

1 c Unsalted butter; room temper

2 c Sugar

4 Eggs; separated

1 ts Vanilla

1 c Milk

Recipe by: Los Angeles Times - Prodigy In medium work bowl combine baking

powder, flour and salt. Mix together. Beat butter until light and fluffy.

Add sugar and beat again until very fluffy and light-yellow. Add egg yolks

and beat in briefly. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix well. Add half of flour

and lightly stir in. Add half of milk and lightly stir in. Sift over rest

of flour mixture and stir, then add rest of milk and stir. Beat egg whites

until soft peaks form. Add 1/3 whites to batter and gently stir in. Pour

remainder of whites over batter and fold in gently. Divide batter between 2

8- or 9-inch cake pans. Bake at

350 degrees about minutes or until wood pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from

oven and cool on rack. Ice cake as desired. Makes about 9 servings.

By Karen Stabiner Copyright Los Angeles Times --