White Cake BELIZEAN RECIPE FOR YOU TODAY

White Cake

No Belizean Christmas is complete without plain white cake being offered at EVERY house you visit.

• 1 lb cake flour (16 ozs)
• 1 lb white sugar (16 ozs)
• 6 eggs
• 3 tsps baking powder (level)
• 1 nutmeg grated
• 2-3 tsps lemon & pineapple essence
• 8 Ozs + 1 tsblsp margarine (1cup or 2 sticks)
• 1 Sm Evaporated Milk (diluted) with equal amounts of water to make 1 ½ cups

Directions

Prepare cake tins. Preheat oven to 350F

Sift flour, nutmeg & baking powder (Set aside)

Cream margarine and sugar until light & fluffy

Beat eggs one at a time until very frothy

Add margarine and sugar. Mix well after each addition. If an electric mixer is used, mix at medium speed.

Add essence. Mix well.

Before adding flour, decrease speed of mixer to low.

Add sifted flour alternately with milk. Begin and end with flour.

Bake for 40 minutes 350 or until a tester inserted in cake comes out dry. Cool before moving cake from tin.