Auntie's Buttermilk Cake
Ingredients
- Servings: 1
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 3/4 cups cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Recipe
- preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease and flour 1- 13 x9 inch square cake pan.
- cream shortening and sugar together and add 1 tablespoon buttermilk.
- sift flour three times and add baking powder and salt.
- combine 1 1/2 cups buttermilk with 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. alternate adding buttermilk to shortening mixture with flour.
- beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. pour batter into prepared pan.
- bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 30 to 40 minutes. once cool frost with frosting of your choice. if you want you can add orange extract to the frosting, about 1 teaspoon.
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