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1-2-3-4 Cake
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Jean Anderson

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    • Why 1-2-3-4? Because the cake’s as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4? Because it contains 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and 4 eggs? No matter. It’s an easy from-scratch recipe.

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    Directions

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 10-inch tube pan with nonstick oil-and-flour baking spray; set aside.

    Whisk flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together thoroughly and set aside also.

    Cream butter and vanilla at high electric mixer speed 2 to 3 minutes until fluffy, scraping bowl often with a rubber spatula Reduce speed to low, add sugar gradually, and beat hard 1 to 2 minutes until light, again scraping bowl frequently. Add egg yolks one by one, beating well after each addition.

    At lowest mixer speed, add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry. By hand, fold in about 1/2 cup beaten whites to lighten batter, then gently fold in the rest.

    Scoop batter into pan, smoothing top, and bake on middle oven rack until cake pulls slightly from sides of pan, is lightly browned and springy to the touch.

    Cool cake in the upright pan on a wire rack 25 minutes, carefully loosen around edge and central tube with a small thin-blade spatula, then invert on rack and cool to room temperature.

    Frost or not as you wish (a skim-coating of vanilla butter frosting is sufficient), cut into wedges, and serve.

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    Mrs. Little

    I sure am going to try this before thanksgiving. will let you know if i got it right...lol

    November 06 2011 at 3:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    hmushrooms

    I'll try this cake, the recipe sound good.

    September 07 2011 at 8:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    ALICIA GRIFFITHS

    good recipe my niece will love the cake=D

    February 14 2011 at 6:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
    snovellnet

    Easy and quick, a classic last minute cake.

    July 16 2010 at 10:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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