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Featherlight Cake Recipe


Featherlight Cake Recipe
Another good ol' classic, this one is a light lemon tube cake from my paternal grandma (who never baked as long as I could remember). All I've changed is the wording to make it a bit easier to understand. I've yet to try this out at home, if you do, ... More

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Ingredients
  • 1 1/3 cup cake flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup superfine sugar
  • 2/3 cup hot water
  • 1/2 tbsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp grated lemon zest
  • 3 egg whites, room temperature

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Sift flour with baking powder, salt, and half the sugar.
  3. Add boiling water slowly and whip until smooth with a hand mixer.
  4. Beat in vanilla and lemon zest.
  5. Beat egg whites until beginning to peak.
  6. Add remaining sugar to egg whites beat until thick, smooth and stiff.
  7. Fold gently into the batter.
  8. Pour into a lightly greased and sugared tube pan.
  9. Bake 25 - 30 minutes.
  10. Invert to cool completely.

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Amount Per Serving
Calories: 97.8
Total Fat: 0.1 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 14.0 mg
Total Carbs: 21.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
Protein: 2.4 g
WW Points: 2


This sounds good. I will try it real soon. Thank You


I've never seen this method with the boiling water. I'm going to give it a try.


Oh yeah, I remember my grandmother and her hand mixer - it was the only way she ever whipped her cream...I'd hate to try it today (those were some strong women!). I'm sure your grandmother's recipe would produce a wonderful, light, delicious cake - I love those "old" recipes and methods, so I will have to give this one a try. Thanks!


YUM!


Lawdy, I remember the hand mixer.This sounds fantastic. I am doing it on Monday for my friend's Birthday. She will love it cause it's low fat!


Wonderful passed down recipe Jo_Jo! Thanks so much for submitting it for all of us to try. I'm pretty sure my Mother made a cake very similar to this. I'll let you know how it turns out.


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