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A Better White Scratch Cake

edencakes
By: edencakes
Posted 08/31/09 • Last updated 04/20/06 • 5444 views • 55 comments

Posted by edencakes

This recipe has been slowly modified by me until I reached something I was quite happy with. Perfect for wedding cakes, birthday cakes and cupcakes, this recipe is very easy to adjust into any flavor you want. I've added: orange juice (subbed for some liquid), instant chai tea powder, peanut butter - you name it! Always a very moist, fine texture, but sturdy enough for wedding and sculpted cakes.

A Better White Scratch Cake

Ingredients

  • 5 c cake flour 3 1/3 c sugar 2 Tbsp + 1 tsp baking powder 2 tsp salt 2 1/2 c milk 1 1/3 c shortening 16oz sour cream 1 Tbsp vanilla or almond extract 10 egg whites (or 10oz carton egg whites)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven. Prepare your pans as you normally would.
  2. Sift dry ingredients together into mixer bowl.
  3. Add everything but egg whites and mix just until combined. Beat on high for 2 minutes, turn down mixer and add egg whites, return to high and beat for another 2 minutes.
  4. Pour into pans and bake.
  5. This recipe makes 10 cups of batter, but can be halved or doubled (if your mixer can handle it).

Comments (55)

cakes_rule 9/29/09 at 2:54pm
could u please mention the oven temp and bake time. thanks
motherofgrace 10/9/09 at 5:40pm
bake time please??? Im trying the recipe right now!
msulli10 10/21/09 at 6:55am
What type of shortening? Do you use crisco, or oil or butter??
Sweet_Treats_1 11/19/09 at 10:56am
The OP didn't state a bake temp, but I have been baking at 350 with great results. Also, when I am not looking for a pure white cake I just use 5 whole eggs instead of 10 egg whites, and have had no problems doing so.THANK YOU edencakes for this amazing recipe!
Sweet_Treats_1 11/19/09 at 11:02am
This was as a quote I found on a forum topic relating to this recipe by LorienSkye
loopilu 12/12/09 at 5:04am
this mite sound a bit dumb, but is shortening vegetable fat?
kiwigal81 1/8/10 at 7:38pm
I subbed butter (we don't have much white veg fat here, NZ is butter country) and greek yoghurt (no sour cream) and it was fannnntastic. Seriously great cake. Everyone loved it, so easy to torte too. One of my faves.
MIcakelady 1/17/10 at 6:58pm
can all purpose flour be used instead of cake flour?
kiwigal81 1/19/10 at 1:50pm
I made this again today, and use the surplus for cupcakes. I iced with IMBC and they are still great the next day too.
BalancedOnLove 1/31/10 at 9:51pm
How many cups of batter does this yield?
ivymeister 3/12/10 at 10:10pm
regular flour and cake flour are not the same...goggle cake flour and you will find how to convert regular flower to cake flour..
Cakes_n_Cookies 3/24/10 at 5:13pm
Thanks ...looking forward to trying out this recipe ;}
CoutureCakeCreations 4/12/10 at 6:48am
Tried this recipe yesterday and I love it. I love the taste and texture and it is perfect for any kind of cake (wedding, special occassion) Cant wait to try different liquids for different flavors! Thanks! Couture Cake Creations
Suzisweet 4/30/10 at 10:30am
This recipe is super! 24 cupcakes with beautiful domes and 2 - 6" x 3" cake rounds.... I use 350 and 5 eggs unless I need white, white cake then I go back to the egg whites only. I also sub vanilla bean paste for the vanilla in equal quantity for lovely speckles and a vanilla punch! Thanks so much for this great recipe
chouxchoux 5/4/10 at 3:19pm
do you have a chocolate version?
Spectra 5/9/10 at 7:59pm
I too would love a chocolate version?
sanasim 5/15/10 at 5:06pm
should we beat egg white separately till peaks and fold.. like chiffon cake... Or just add in batter and beat well PLEASE HELP I WANT TO MAKE THis TOMORROW
2SchnauzerLady 5/18/10 at 10:57am
I've been trying to switch to scratch so I made this. I could taste the baking powder in this. I kept checking the amount listed on the recipe since I've never used a couple of tablespoons in anything before. It had a very fine, beautiful texture, a little less moist, and less sweet than the WASC I've been using. I thought it was a bit too crumbly for carving, but since I didn't need to carve it, it was fine for a simple 2 layer cake. The girls at work are not shy about critiquing, prefer the WASC.
joann905bv 6/14/10 at 8:04am
I baked this cake. It turned out spongy, almost like an angel food. I was going to use it for a wedding cake, but can't image that they would be able to slice it. Did I do something wrong?
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