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Aunt Lou's $200 Cake recipe

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.  
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: layer cake, old fashioned recipe, scratch cake, whipped cream
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 525kcal
Author: Analida Braeger

Ingredients

Cake batter:

  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • ½ cup butter room temperature
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 egg whites

Whipped cream frosting:

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • cup sugar super fine or powered sugar
  • 4 Tbsp 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: 525kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 139mg | Potassium: 217mg | Sugar: 48g | Vitamin A: 855IU | Vitamin C: 4.5mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 1mg