Southern White Cake Recipe - homestyle recipes

Southern White Cake
topped with vanilla icing and coconut

3/4 cup butter
2 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups flour - sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
6 egg whites

icing
flaked coconut

1. Cream butter and sugar.

2. Mix flour and baking powder. Sift.

3. In a large bowl mix milk, water and vanilla. Alternate mixing in the flour mixture and butter mixture. Beat well.

4. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into white cake batter.

5. Pour batter into shortening greased and floured cake pans.

6. Bake at 375° for 30 minutes.
(while cake is cooking make icing recipe below)

7. Cool pans for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pans.
* Tip for easily removing cake from pans - place hot pans on a wet towel. The steam will make the cake easier to remove without breaking. Take a knife and run along the sides of pan to release from edges. Place a plate over the pan and turn upside down. Let sit for a minute and gently lift pan from cake.

8. Ice cake and sprinkle with flaked coconut.

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White Icing

2 egg whites
1 1/2 cups sugar
5 tablespoons cold water
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Mix together egg whites, sugar, water and cream of tartar.

2. When bottom of double boiler starts boiling, place mixture on top.

3. Beat constantly for 7 minutes until icing mixture forms soft peaks.

4. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Beat vanilla icing until thick.

5. When cooled, ice the white cake.

6. Finish your Southern White Cake by sprinkling flaked coconut over the top and sides.