Belizeans Favourite Foods/Erleen Godfrey

White Cake
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INGREDIENTS:
1 lb cake flour (16 ozs) 450g 1 lb white sugar (16 ozs) 450g 8 ozs +1 tblsp margarine (1 cup or 2 sticks) 225g
5-6 eggs 3 tsps baking powder (level) 15ml 1 small evaporated milk (diluted) with equal amount of water or juice of 2 large oranges to give 1-1/2 cups
1 nutmeg grated 2-3 tsps lemon and pineapple essence 15ml pinch of salt



1 Prepare cake tins. Preheat oven to 350 F/180 C.
2 Sift flour, salt, nutmeg and baking powder (set aside).
3 Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
4 Beat eggs one at a time until very frothy.
5 Add to margarine and sugar. Mix well after each addition. If an electric mixer is used, mix at medium speed.
6 Add essence. Mix well.
7 Before adding flour, decrease speed of mixer to low.
8 Add sifted flour alternately with milk. Begin and end with flour.
9 Bake for 40 minutes at 350F/180C or until a tester is inserted in cake comes out dry. Cool before moving from cake tin.

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