Single 8-Inch White Cake Round

Name: Single 8-Inch White Cake Round
Yield: Makes one 8-inch cake layer
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, whole milk, room temperature; 2 , large egg whites, room temperature; 3/4 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 3/4 cup (3 ounces/85 grams), cake flour; 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon (4 ounces/113 grams), sugar; 1 1/4 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened but still cool

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2013

This classic white cake recipe serves as the foundation for our Orange Creamsicle Ice Cream Cake.

SERVES Makes one 8-inch cake layer

TIME 1 hour, plus 1½ hours cooling

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