Here is page 19 from the vintage cookbook “Kate Smith chooses her 55 Favorite Ann Pillsbury CAKE RECIPES”. This was published in 1952 by Pillsbury Mills, Inc. Kate Smith was a popular singer and radio personality with a career that began in the 1930s.
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Sno White Cake
Quick-Mix Method
This four-egg-white cake is one of our basic recipes. Bake it in layers and frost with pretty fluffy frosting. For special occasions try the Lime Delight variation or Birthday Cake. You can make a loaf cake, if you like, for family fare.
BAKE at 350° F. for 25 to 35 minutes.
MAKES two 8 or 9-inch round layers or 12x8x2 or 13x9x2-inch cake.
All ingredients should be at room temperature.
Sift together . . . 2 1/4 cups sifted Pillsbury Sno Sheen Cake Flour
3 1/4 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
Add . . . 1/2 cup shortening
2/3 cup milk
Beat . . . for 2 minutes, 300 strokes, until batter is well blended. (With electric mixer blend at low speed, then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.)
Add . . . 1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup egg whites (4 medium), unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat . . . for 2 minutes.
Pour . . . into two well-greased and lightly floured 8 or 9-inch round layer pans, at least 1 1/4 inches deep.*
Bake . . . in moderate oven (350° F.) 25 to 35 minutes. Cool and frost with white mountain frosting, page 53, or speedy fudge frosting, page 49.
*If desired, cake may be baked in 13x9x2 or 12x8x2-inch pan for 35 to 45 minutes.
LIME DELIGHT CAKE
Prepare Sno White Cake as directed above. Spread lime filling, page 55, between layers. Frost with one-egg-white fluffy frosting, page 50. For festive occasions, decorate cake with coconut that has been tinted pale green (see Cake Decorating, page 56).
CANDY STICK BIRTHDAY CAKE
Prepare Sno White Cake as directed above. Fill and frost with peppermint frosting, page 51. Decorate with crushed peppermint stick candy and candles.
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