Libbies Delicate White Cake Food

HEAVENLY WHITE CAKE

Steps:

• Measure sifted cake flour, baking powder, and salt; sift together three times.
• In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Add 1/2 cup sugar gradually, and continue beating only until meringue will hold up in soft peaks.
• Beat butter until smooth. Gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add sifted ingredients alternately with milk a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Mix in flavorings. Add meringue, and mix thoroughly into batter. Spread batter in a 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan which has been lined on the bottom with parchment paper.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes, then remove from pan and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. This cake may also be baked in two 9 inch round pans for 30 to 35 minutes, or in three 8 inch round pans for 25 to 30 minutes.

(1936) DELICATE WHITE CAKE...

Steps:

• Temp 350 degrees Time 30-35 minutes.
• Cream the butter and add the sugar until well blended.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and add them to the butter and sugar alternately with the milk.
• Add the flavoring.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold them into the cake batter.
• bake in 2 9-inch greased layer pans at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
• put fresh sliced strawberries in between layers and take the rest and chop up. mix in bow with 1 tsp of sugar a tsp of water and a tbsp of strawberry Jam.

LIBBIE'S DELICATE WHITE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar; add flavorings.
• Sift dry ingredients three times.
• Add dry ingredients and milk, alternately, to the butter mixture.
• Add nuts.
• Beat egg whites until stiff and then fold them into the batter.
• Place batter in a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 35 minutes or until brown.

LIBBIE'S GERMAN SWEET CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH FROSTING

Steps:

• sift dry ingredients.
• into a bowl.
• blend butter and sugar.
• add 1/4 c buttermilk plus 2 tablespoons.
• add chocolate which has been melted and cooled.
• eggs (some recipes separate the eggs and beat egg whites if that's what you want to do do it.
• vanilla beat 2 minutes.
• add dry ingredients.
• add rest of buttermilk beat 2 more minutes.
• if you've beaten your egg white fold in here.
• pour into buttered floured ,( i would do cocoa over butter instead of flour).
• 9x12 cake pan bake 30 minutes no heat given I'm guessing 375 degrees.
• frosting:.
• cook the milk sugar and egg yolks and butter.
• bring to a boil stirring constantly cook 1 minute at boil.
• stir in coconut nuts and vanilla.
• frost cake.

LIBBY'S WHITE WINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Put all cake ingredients except nuts in bowl of electric mixer. Mix well on med.low for 4-5 minutes. Spray Bundt tube type pan with non-stick spray. Put nuts in pan. Pour in batter and bake 1 hour at 325 degrees. Make glaze while cake is baking. When done remove from oven and pour 1/2 of glaze over cake while still in the pan and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan. Let cool and brush remaining glaze over cake until all is absorbed.
• For glaze: Boil butter, sugar and water together for 3 minutes in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in wine. Let cool before putting on cake.

LIBBIES POPPY SEED CAKE

Steps:

• Soak poppy seeds in 1 1/4 c milk overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• beat egg whites.
• Cream lard,salt, sugar, honey, 3 egg yolks and vanilla together. Add dry ingredients; then add poppy seed mixture. When blended, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Put in greased and floured cake pan.
• Bake until cake springs back when touched, about 40 minutes. Libby doesn't have exact time here folks. I was lucky to get measurements for her food--she's been doing it so long.
• For the frosting, combine butter and powdered sugar; then add lemon juice and milk. Spread on warm cake.