Mary Todd Lincoln Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 c. cake flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 1/2 c. milk
1 c. finely chopped almonds
6 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Preparation

Cream sugar, butter and vanilla; sift together cake flour and baking powder in 3 additions.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
Stir in almonds.
Gently fold in egg whites.
Pour into greased and floured 9 x 1 1/2-inch round pans.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for 30 minutes.
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans. Cool completely before frosting.