moonlight dragonfly cake
I improved this recipe, so it has been edited. I have been looking for a good white cake recipe for a long time, I must have tried 8-10 different ones. Didn't like the texture or flavor of this one or that one, and then there are the ones that fell or were too crumbly to even frost. So, I threw together one of my own. -- I now live in the mountains, and my original version did not work well at a high altitude, so I edited it. Then edited again when that didn't work.
prep time
20 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients
- HIGH ALTITUDE RECIPE
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup real butter, softened
- 7 - egg whites, unbeaten
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 ounces vegetable oil
How To Make moonlight dragonfly cake
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Step 1Grease and flour two 8 or 9 inch round pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. -
Step 2In a large bowl, cream the butter, oil and sugar until fluffy
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Step 3Add egg whites and beat well
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Step 4Add the flavorings to the buttermilk
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Step 5Stir the flour, salt and baking soda together in a small bowl
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Step 6Alternate adding the flour mixture with the buttermilk mixture to the butter, oil, sugar, egg white mixture. Beat till smooth.
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Step 7Pour batter into your prepared cake pans.
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Step 8Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
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Step 9* Tip; if your cake comes out too dry, make a simple syrup with equal parts of sugar and water. Bring to a boil stirring till sugar is dissolved. Cool completely. Then using a pastry brush, apply syrup to each layer evenly. Allow it to soak in a minute or so before the addition of frosting or custard. *
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