Silver White Cake with Chocolate Frosting (lighter recipe)
Updated Jun 25, 2015
Enjoy dessert with less guilt! This lighter version of the classic Silver White Cake is just as tender, snow white and delicious as the original.
Silver White Cake with Chocolate Frosting (lighter recipe)
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 10 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 2/3 cups sugar
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 1/4 cups fat-free (skim) milk
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla or almond extract
- 5 egg whites
- Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (lighter recipe)
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour bottom and sides of rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, 2 round pans, 9x1 1/2 inches, or 3 round pans, 8x1 1/2 inches.
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Step2Beat all ingredients except egg whites and Chocolate Buttercream Frosting in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
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Step3Beat in egg whites on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).
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Step4Bake rectangle 40 to 45 minutes, 9-inch rounds 30 to 35 minutes, 8-inch rounds 23 to 28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool rectangle in pan on wire rack. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack . Cool completely, about 1 hour.
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Step5Frost rectangle or fill and frost layers with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.
Nutrition
350
Calories
11 g
Total Fat
4 g
Protein
60 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 350
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11 g
- Saturated Fat
- 4 g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- Sodium
- 330 mg
- Potassium
- 120 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 60 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 4 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
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