5 Amazing Amish White Cake Recipes (2024)

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By Kevin Williams

I love chocolate cake but white done right is an experience totally unto itself. A white cake topping with the right icing is heaven and here are 5 white cake recipes from Amish and Mennonite kitchens that are worth holding onto next time you have a birthday or special occasion you want a cake for.

5 Amazing Amish White Cake Recipes (1)Our first recipe is from the archives, with the rest coming from a Mennonite baker in Virginia and an Amish family in Virginia. The "white fruit cake" is really interesting. She doesn't say how long to bake, just "until done." So use your best judgement with that!

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Delicate White Cake

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Ingredients

  • 2 /3 cup Crisco
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1 /4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

  1. Cream Crisco and shortening and sugar.
  2. Add vanilla.
  3. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with milk.
  4. Beat egg whites until stiff.
  5. Stir in remaining teaspoon of baking powder.
  6. Fold into cake batter and blend well.
  7. Bake in two 9-inch or three 8-inch pans at 350 for about 30-40 minutes.

Hot Milk White Cake

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Serves: 1 cake

Ingredients

  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 1 /2 cups cake flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 /2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

Instructions

  1. Beat eggs until light and foamy.
  2. Add sugar and flour, beating well to combine.
  3. Heat milk and butter to almost boiling.
  4. Pour gradually into egg mixture while stirring.
  5. Add salt and vanilla, then baking powder.
  6. Bake immediately at 350 in two 9-inch or three 8-inch pans or a 9 X13 pan.

Classic White Cake With Lemon Nut Filling

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Hot Milk White Cake Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 45 mins Serves: 1 cake

Serves: 3 layer cakes

Ingredients

  • 1 /2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 /2 cup butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 /2 teaspoon pure lemon
  • 3 cups cake flour, sifted
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1 /2 cups milk
  • 6 egg whites
  • LEMON NUT FILLING:
  • 1 /2 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 /4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 egg yolks, beaten
  • 1 /2 cup light cream
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice or flavoring
  • 1 /2 teaspoon lemon rind, grated
  • 1 /2 cup nuts, chopped

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  1. Cream oil, butter, and sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. Beat in flavoring.
  3. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk to first part, beating well after each addition, adding flour last.
  4. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter.
  5. Pour into 3 9" layer cake pans.
  6. Bake at 350.
  7. Fill with lemon nut filling
  8. For the filling: combine sugar, flour, salt,egg yolks, and cream.
  9. Coo in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly.
  10. Remove from heat and stir int he butter.
  11. Cool.
  12. Add the lemon and nuts.
  13. Chill and spread between layers.

White Fruit Cake

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  • 1 pound candied pineapple
  • 1 pound golden raisins
  • 1 3 /4 cups pineapple juice
  • 1 pound soft butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons lemon extract
  • 4 cups flour
  • 3 /4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1 /2 pounds candied cherries
  • 1 pound pecan pieces
  • ½ pound English walnut pieces

Instructions

  1. Soak raisins in pineapple juice several hours or overnight.
  2. Cream together butter and sugar.
  3. Gradually beat in eggs and lemon extract.
  4. Stir in raisins and pineapple.
  5. Add flour, salt, and baking powder.
  6. Stir in cherries and nuts.
  7. Pour into greased and floured loaf pans.
  8. Bake at 250-275 until done.
  9. Don't overbake.
  10. Freezes well and tastes better after a week or two.

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