Recipe - Classic White Cake

12 tablespoon (1 One half sticks) unsalted
butter, softened
1 One half cup Sugar
2 cup All purpose flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
6 lg Egg whites (Three fourths cup)
Three fourths cup Milk
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Set rack at the middle level in the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.

Butter the bottom of two 9inch round or one 13 by 9 by 2inch pan. Line
bottom with parchment or waxed paper.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar for about 5 minutes, until light and
fluffy. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Combine egg
whites, milk and vanilla extract. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the
butter mixture then add half the milk mixture. Continue to alternate
beginning and ending with flour mixture. Scape the bowl and beater often.

Pour the batter into prepared pan(s) and smooth top with metal spatula.
Bake cake(s) about 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the
center emerges clean.

Cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack, remove paper
and let cool completely.

Note: For a classic yellow cake Substitute 3 large eggs and 1 yolk for the
egg whites.

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8876 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #606 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman" jfreeman@netusa1.net on May 12, 1997