~LET'S EAT WHITE CAKE~

We have a birthday celebration in our family and tomorrow my children, their spouses, my Miss K and my Mr. AGPMan and I will gather together inside my La Chaumière de Briarwood and eat cake!

 Now...as crazy as it may sound there are more

WHITE CAKE LOVERS

in my family than

CHOCOLATE CAKE LOVERS

(much to my hubby's dismay!)

and so in the morning I'll be baking a

FRESH WHITE CAKE

in honor of my beautiful son-in-love, Micah's,

28th birthday!!!

He truly has become my second son!

I've mentioned to you before how much I love the vintage Woman's Home Companion Cookbook my mother gave me years ago!  I go to that amazing 60 year old recipe filled book for nearly everything.  

Today I'm sharing with you a recipe first published in 1941 (my cookbook edition is from 1955) for our family's favorite non-chocolate cake!   It is soooo yummy and it's fabulous with most any icing! 

WHITE CAKE

Cake Flour, 2 cups

Baking powder, 3 teaspoons

Salt, 1/2 teaspoon

Shortening, 1/2 cup

Sugar, 1 1/4 cups

Egg whites, 4

Vanilla, 1 teaspoon

Milk, 2/3 cup

Sift Flour; measure; add baking powder 

and salt, sift again.

Cream shortening; add sugar gradualy;

cream together until light and fluffy.

Add unbeaten egg whites and beat thor-

oughly; add vanilla.

Add dry ingredients alternately with the

milk, stirring only enough after each addi-

to blend thoroughly.  Do not beat.

Pour into 2 greased 8-inch layer pans.

Bake in a moderate over (375 degrees F)

about 25 minutes.

When cool frost with your favorite icing!

EAT and ENJOY!

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I'm back in my studio today painting more old finds.  I'm FINALLY getting around to finishing up some things I started many, many moons ago.  

See the vintage pink rose cake cover at the top?  Well...I base painted it back in 2010!  OH MY GOSH!  I think I'm a little behind in finishing some projects, don't you?  Finally added the hand painted pink roses last night and it's going on my website today!!!
(Yippeee...now it's SOLD!).

Better late than never!

My friend, Sandi, over at Rose Chintz Cottage
 has been featured in Romantic Homes.  I'm sooo excited for her and hope you'll pop over to her sweet sight and say
CONGRATS!  Beautiful lady...if you don't know about her or her bloggie you are in for a real treat!

Love to you...