White Trillium Cake Recipe

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White Trillium Cake
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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
1090
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter , cut into pieces
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 tbsp. milk
  • 1 cup water
  • 6 large egg whites (approx . 6 oz.)
  • the water in the cake may surprise you, but water makes a lighter
  • white cake than milk.
  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter , cut into pieces
  • 2 3/4 cups powdered sugar , sifted
  • 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract , cognac vanilla or rum

Directions:

  1. White Trillium Cake
  2. Serves/Yields: 8 to 10
  3. Prep. Time:
  4. Cook Time: 30-35 minutes
  5. Category: White Cakes, North American, Southern U.S.
  6. Difficulty: Moderate
  7. Introduction
  8. This cake was known in Louisville as Jenny Benedict's Souffle' Cake. Jenny Benedict was famous for the sandwiches, cakes, and ice creams that she served at her restaurant and in catering debutante parties and weddings in the early days of the twentieth century. We are told that Miss Benedict was very partial to flavoring her cakes with rum.
  9. Ingredients
  10. Cake:
  11. 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  12. 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  13. 1/2 tsp. salt
  14. 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, cut into pieces
  15. 2 cups sugar
  16. 1 Tbsp. milk
  17. 1 cup water*
  18. 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  19. 6 large egg whites (approx. 6 oz.)
  20. Butter Frosting (recipe follows)
  21. *The water in the cake may surprise you, but water makes a lighter
  22. White cake than milk.
  23. Butter Frosting
  24. 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, cut into pieces
  25. 2 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  26. 1 - 2 1/2 Tbsp. heavy or whipping cream, warmed
  27. 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract, cognac vanilla or rum
  28. Directions
  29. Cake:
  30. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  31. 2. Combine the sifted flour with the baking powder and salt, and sift
  32. Again. Set aside.
  33. 3. Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly with an electric mixer. Add
  34. The milk and beat hard. (The mixture will become smoother.)
  35. 4. Add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar in batches, alternating
  36. With the water, beating it in by hand with a rubber spatula or whisk.
  37. Add the vanilla and mix well.
  38. 5. Beat the egg whites until they hold a stiff peak but are not dry and
  39. Grainy. Gently fold them into the batter.
  40. 6. Spoon the batter into 2 greased and lightly floured or wax-paper-lined
  41. 9-inch cake pans. Place the pans on the middle shelf of the oven
  42. And bake until the layers spring back at once when lightly touched,
  43. 30 to 35 minutes.
  44. 7. Remove the pans from the oven and allow them to rest a few
  45. Minutes. Then turn them out onto cake racks and let them cool
  46. Completely.
  47. Butter Frosting:
  48. Cream the butter and sugar together in a processor or with an electric mixer. Add the cream gradually, stirring until the frosting has a good spreading consistency. Stir in your choice of flavoring.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1089.66 Kcal (4562 kJ)
Calories from fat 508.05 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 56.45g 87%
Cholesterol 46.14mg 15%
Sodium 1110.78mg 46%
Potassium 2201.09mg 47%
Total Carbs 138.31g 46%
Sugars 95.99g 384%
Dietary Fiber 0.03g 0%
Protein 11.05g 22%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 7%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 128.4mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 410.26 Kcal (1718 kJ)
Calories from fat 191.28 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21.25g 87%
Cholesterol 17.37mg 15%
Sodium 418.21mg 46%
Potassium 828.71mg 47%
Total Carbs 52.08g 46%
Sugars 36.14g 384%
Dietary Fiber 0.01g 0%
Protein 4.16g 22%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 7%
Calcium 48.4mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 26.5
    Points
  • 31
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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