Aunt Lou's Feather Cake

December 28, 2014

A 100+ year old family cake recipe from the Aunt Lou archive we are documenting on Analida's Ethnic Spoon. This recipe has a very interesting story of measurements. Feather cake is lighter than pound cake and much denser that your typical birthday cake. We tried this recipe with two different types of flour (cake flour and all purpose flour) to see which one we like better. Well we decided that we liked the feather cake made with all purpose flour. It made for a denser cake which we felt

1 cup sugar
? cup milk
butter size egg ( ¼ cup) at room temperature
1 egg
1½ cup all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350'F Using a mixer, beat sugar and butter until light. Add the egg and beat until all the ingredients are incorporated. Slowly add the flour and baking powder. Add milk and vanilla. Beat on...
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Nutritions

Calories
206

Sodium
25mg
1% DV

Fat
1g
2% DV

Protein
4g
8% DV

Carbs
45g
15% DV

Fiber
1.0g
4% DV