:: Party Details - "best cake ever" recipe

So, here it is, ladies and gents.

The BEST cake recipe out there!

And I'm not just saying that.

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White Almond Sour Cream Cake
{can be found here on food.com}

2 (18 ounce) boxes white cake mix (Betty Crocker or Pillsbury)

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups granulated sugar

1 ½ teaspoons salt

2 2⁄3; cups water

¼ cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons real vanilla

2 teaspoons almond extract

2 cups sour cream

8 large egg whites

Directions:

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   Place all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir together with a wire whisk.
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   Add the remaining ingredients and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
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   Pour into greased and floured cake pans, filling each pan a little over half full.
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   Lightly tap cake pans on counter to bring air bubbles to top.
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   Bake in preheated 325° F oven until cake tests done.
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   Baking time varies according to the size and depth of pans being used.
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   I used Wilton's Bake Even Strips on my cake pans to ensure a level-topped cake which required absolutely no trimming-- I highly recommend these, or good quality professional baking pans.
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   In 2" deep pans, this recipe makes:
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   One 14" round and one 6" round
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    or One 16" round
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    or One 12" round and one 10" round
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    or One 12 X 18" sheet cake
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    or One 12" round and one 8" round and one 6" round
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    or Two 9" squares.
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    or 5 dozen cupcakes.
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    Half the recipe makes:
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    Two 7" rounds
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    or Two 6" rounds and 6 cupcakes.
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    For chocolate cake: use chocolate mixes and substitute 6 whole eggs for the egg whites.
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    For liqueur flavors: substitute alcohol (such as champagne or Kahlua) for about 1 cup of the water in the recipe.
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    For berry flavors: use frozen berries, thaw reserving the juice. Substitute the berry juice for part of the water in the recipe, and stir the berries in at the end.
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    For lemon cake: substitute lemon juice for about 1 cup of the water in the recipe, use 6 whole eggs instead of the whites, stir in 1 Tblsp lemon zest, and use 1 tsp of a good lemon extract in place of the almond.
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    For white chocolate: melt 8oz white baking chocolate & cool slightly. use 6 whole eggs in the recipe instead of the whites, temper the chocolate by stirring in a small amount of the batter, then add the white chocolate to the entire batter and stir well. Doesn't bake up quite as high as the original, so add a pinch more batter to the pans.
    
    

    So, there you go! 

     The only thing I don't add in, is the almond extract {can't stand the stuff}, but it's still delicious without it!

    Thank you, Lesley of Kensington Blue.  

    I will be forever indebted to you!
    
    Oh, and the shabby apple giveaway ends tonight!
    Don't forget to enter! {there might be low entries}
    
    I'll be linking to these parties here.

Banana Bread.

Have some bananas going bad? Then go ahead

and make some delicious banana bread.

Banana Bread

1/3 c. shortening

2/3 c. sugar

2 eggs, unbeaten

Mix about 4 min.

1 and 3/4 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Mix and beat into first mixture.

Then beat 1 c. mashed ripe bananas (about 2-3) into mixture.

Put into loaf pan and bake at 350 for about 50 min.

Then put it into a pretty package and give to a friend.

{so that you don't eat one slice, then two, maybe three and end up completely regretting it and avoiding the scale the rest of the week}