White Almond Sour Cream Cake (WASC)

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by Rebecca Sutterby

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Ingredients

  • 2 boxes white cake mix
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 2/3 cups water
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil (= 4 Tbsp)
  • 2 tsp real vanilla
  • 2 tsp almond extract
  • 2 cups (16 oz) sour cream
  • 8 large egg whites

Preparation

Step 1

Place all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir together with a wire whisk. Add the remaining ingredients and beat on a low speed for 2 minutes. Bake at 325 degrees until cake tests done.

This recipe makes:
One 14” round and one 6” round or
One 16” round or
One 12” round and one 10” round or
One 12 X 18” sheet cake or
One 12” round and one 8” round and one 6” round or
Two 9" squares

Half the recipe makes:
Two 8” rounds or
Two 6” rounds and 6 cupcakes

Double the recipe makes:
one 18" round + one 10" round
all 4 sizes in the Wilton petal pan set

One fourth the recipe makes:
two 5" rounds

For chocolate cake: use chocolate mixes, omit almond extract and substitute 6 whole eggs for the whites.

For liqueur flavors: substitute alcohol (such as champagne or Kahlua) for about 1 cup of the water in the recipe

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.