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White-on-White Cake

hen I was a child, family birthday you mean white chocolate or vanilla?” I
W celebrations were a big deal. My asked. “No, just white,” she proclaimed
mother always asked us kids what kind of confidently. For the yummy white chocolate
birthday cake we’d like. After deliberating cake with white chocolate frosting that
as to whether it should be double choco - I baked for Litton—and for all those folks
late or chocolate marbled or chocolate who just like white cake—prepare the
baked in the shape of the letter of our first white chocolate chiffon cake in the Ebony
name (yes, we did that), we’d announce and Ivory recipe, and instead of frosting
our decision, greeted by oohs and aahs it with Chocolate Ganache, make up
from the others at the dinner table. So the White
you can imagine my disappointment when Chocolate
I asked my younger daughter, Litton, Cream Cheese
what flavor cake she would like for her Frosting
birthday party and she just deadpanned (page 425)!
“White cake with white frosting.” “Do

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven 3. Place the cake mix, water, oil, whole
and preheat the oven to 350°F. Gener- eggs, and egg whites in a large mixing
ously grease two 9-inch round cake bowl. Pour in the slightly cooled white
pans with solid vegetable shortening, chocolate. Blend with an electric mixer
then dust with flour. Shake out the on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the
excess flour. Set the pans aside. machine and scrape down the sides of
the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase
2. Melt the white chocolate in a small
the mixer speed to medium and beat 2
sauce pan over low heat, stirring con-
minutes more, scraping down the sides
stantly, 3 to 4 minutes. Or microwave
again if needed. The batter should look
the white chocolate in a small glass bowl
well blended. Divide the batter evenly
on high power for 1 minute, then stir
between the prepared pans, smoothing
with a small rubber spatula until
it out with the rubber spatula. Place the
smooth. (See Melting White Chocolate,
pans in the oven side by side.
page 92.)