Auntie's Buttermilk Cake
Description
I got this recipe, as well as so many others, from my favorite aunt. She loved to bake--she used to say it was her "therapy," and I feel the same way!
Ingredients
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3/4 cup shortening
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1 1/2 cups white sugar
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2 3/4 cups cake flour
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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4 egg whites
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 tablespoon buttermilk
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 1/2 cups buttermilk
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon almond extract
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour 1- 13 x9 inch square cake pan.
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Cream shortening and sugar together and add 1 tablespoon buttermilk.
3
Sift flour three times and add baking powder and salt.
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Combine 1 1/2 cups buttermilk with 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Alternate adding buttermilk to shortening mixture with flour.
5
Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
6
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.