Lady Baltimore Cake

• butter↗1⁄2 cup

  (no susbstitutions)

• sugar↗2 cups
• cake flour↗2 cups

  sifted (all-purpose is fine if you don't have cake flour)

• evaporated milk↗1⁄2 cup

  diluted with

• water↗1⁄2 cup
• baking powder↗6 teaspoons
• egg whites↗7
• rose water↗1⁄2 teaspoon

  (orange extract is nice, too)

• lady baltimore frosting

  (Lady Baltimore Filling and Icing)

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350F; grease three 9" layer cake pans, line with waxed paper and grease paper.

2. 2

   Beat egg whites stiffly; fold in rose water and set to the side.

3. 3

   Cream butter and sugar together in another bowl until fluffy.

4. 4

   Sift baking powder and flour together.

5. 5

   Add flour and milk alternately to the creamed mixture, beating vigorously each time.

6. 6

   Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites; pour evenly into prepared pans and bake for 25 minutes.

7. 7

   Cool slightly in pans; turn out onto cooling racks and peel waxed paper carefully from cakes.

8. 8

   Fill and frost with Lady Baltimore frosting/filling.