Chocolate flecked white cake
Submitted by donperley on January 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Description
Traditional birthday cake of my youth
| Recipe summary | |
|---|---|
| Yield | 1 layer cake |
| Source | Mom |
| File under | chocolate fleck cake, layer cake |
Ingredients
2 3/4 cup cake flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1.5 Cup sugar
12.5 Tablespoons butter
3/4 C milk
1 tsp vanilla (optionally substitute a bit of almond extract)
1 1/2 ounces of grated unsweetened chocolate
6 egg whites
Instructions
butter and flour 2 9 inch cake pans
Sift before measuring flour
Sift twice more with baking powder and salt
Mix butter
Mix in sugar
add flour by thirds with milk
Fold in beaten egg whites and grated chocolate
Bake 25 minutes at 375 degrees.
When cool, assemble layers with chocolate icing http://community.kingarthurflour.com/content/chocolate-icing
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