Recipe courtesy of Bronwen Weber

Butter Cake

Name: Butter Cake
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H45M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT1H15M0.000S
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 9 cups granulated sugar; 6 cups cake flour; 1/4 cups salt; 1/4 cups baking soda; 2 3/4 cups solid shortening; 4 cups butter; 2 cups whole eggs; 5 cups buttermilk; 1/8 cup vanilla extract; 8 cups egg whites; 8 cups granulated sugar

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Level: Intermediate
Total: 1 hr 15 min

Prep: 15 min
Inactive: 15 min
Cook: 45 min

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

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Ingredients

9 cups granulated sugar

6 cups cake flour

1/4 cups salt

1/4 cups baking soda

2 3/4 cups solid shortening

4 cups butter

2 cups whole eggs

5 cups buttermilk

1/8 cup vanilla extract

8 cups egg whites

8 cups granulated sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 320 degrees F.
Mix together sugar, flour, salt, soda, shortening and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on 2nd speed for 3 minutes. Then add whole eggs, buttermilk and vanilla to the mixture and beat again for 3 minutes on 2nd speed. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites and sugar into a meringue state. Then gently fold the meringue into the buttermilk mixture. Pour into 4 parchment lined sheet pans or 4 (4 by 13-inch) round cake pans. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake.

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