White Butter Cake
- 1 3/4 cup cake flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
- 1 cup white granulated sugar divided
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp cream of tarter
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 recipe basic vanilla buttercream frosting, recipe listed beliw
- preheat oven to 350 place rack in center of oven.spray 2 ~ 8 inch cake pans with non stick baking spray
- separate eggs while cold, placing yolks in one bowl and whites in another cover with plastic wrap to reach room temperatue 30 mins.
- in another bowl beat butter until soft, add 3/4 cup sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- add egg yolks one at a time beating after each addition scrape down sides of bowl and add vanilla beat until combined
- in bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- with the mixer at low speed alternately add flour mixture and milk, in three additions, beginning and ending in flour
- in a clean bowl beat egg whites until foamy, add the cream of tarter and continue to beat until soft peaks form add remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
- with a rubber spatula gently fold a little of the whites into the batter to lighten irand then fold the remaining whites in do not overmix or it will deflate
- divide the batter evenly between prepared pans and smooth tops with offset spatula or the back of a spoon.bake in the preheated oven about 18 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
- cool on wire racks in pans for 10 minutes place a wire rack on top of cake pan and invert lifting off the pan cool cakes completely
- if you wrap the cakes when very cool in plastic wrap individually and place in freezer for an hour it makes filling and frosting easier
- Frost with Basic Vanilla Frosting if desired
cake flour, baking powder, butter, white granulated sugar, vanilla, cream of tarter, eggs, milk, salt, recipe basic vanilla buttercream frosting
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/336925-white-butter-cake (may not work)