_Two 8-inch layers_
2 cups cake flour
1¼ cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup softened butter or margarine or shortening
1 cup milk
4 egg whites, unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon almond extract, if desired
Mix dry ingredients well. Add fat and half of the milk; beat until
creamy. Add remaining milk, egg whites, and flavoring; beat until
creamy.
Pour into two 8-inch greased and floured layer cakepans. Bake at 375°
F. (moderate oven) 25 to 30 minutes, or until the cake surface springs
back when touched lightly. Cool cake for a few minutes before removing
from the pans. When cool, frost as desired.