WHOLE FOODS WEDDING CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• sift together flour, bp and salt twice.
• beat egg whites until foamy.
• add 6 Tbs sugar, 1Tbs at a time beating until mixture stands in soft peaks.
• cream shortening, add 1 2/3 cup sugar, cream until light and fluffy, add vanilla and almond extract.
• Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating after eah addition until smooth.
• Add egg whites and beat for one minute until smooth.
• Grease pans two nine inch square pans or one 13x9x2.
• Bake in moderate oven 350, square pans take 30 to 40 min oblong pan 35 to40.
• Cool cake on racks 10 minute.
• Loosen from sides of pan turn right side up to cool.
• To keep from drying cover or wrap cake as soon as cooled.
• Make recipe 5 times to serve 100 guest.
• When cake is assembled frost the sides of whole cake.
• Start at the top and work toward bottom layers.
• Ornamental frosting: 12 cup butter 1/2 tsp salt 12 cup confectioners sugar sifted 5 egg whites unbeaten 1/2 cup cream 2 tsp vanilla.
• Cream butter, add salt gradually add about 1 cup of the sugar, blending well.
• Add creaming sugar alternately with egg whites. Cream until right consistency to spread.
• Aply a thin glaze to cake before frosting to anchor crumbs.
• Make glaze by adding hot water to some of the frosting.
• About 1 tbs water to 1 cup frosting.
• To tint frosting add about 1/4 tsp food color with 1 tbs frosting, add small amounts of this to your base frosting.
• Tint enough to frost whole cake as it is hard to match colors with another batch.