Aunt Lou’s $200 Cake Recipe
Here is a 100+ year old family recipe for an old fashioned traditional cake. This from scratch recipe is east make and makes a nice homemade dense white cake that is really flavorful.
Ingredients
Cake batter:
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 egg whites
Whipped cream frosting:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ⅓ cup sugar super fine or powered sugar
- 4 tablespoon strawberry pureé
Instructions
- Beat the sugar and butter until well combined.
- Add egg yolks until fully combined.
- Add the water and flour and beat slowly until combined and the batter is smooth and sticky, set aside.
- In a separate bowl beat the egg whites, baking powder and vanilla until you have stiff peaks.
- Fold the egg white mixture into the batter until smooth and consistent.
- Aunt Lou writes: "If seems thin, add a little flour."
- Pour into 2 or 3 nine inch cake pans evenly distributed and bake at 325 for approximately 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Frosting:
- Whip the heavy whipped cream until very thick.
- Add the powdered sugar.
- Add the strawberry puree.
- Whip until thick and stiff.
Nutrition
Calories: 525kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 6gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 139mgPotassium: 217mgSugar: 48gVitamin A: 855IUVitamin C: 4.5mgCalcium: 89mgIron: 1mg
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