Ingredients:
- 1-1/4c.sifted cake flour *
- 1/2csifted powdered sugar
- 3/4tsp. baking powder
- 6eggs at room temperature
- 2tbsp. cold water
- 1tsp. vanilla
- 1/8tsp. salt
- 1c. granulated sugar
- Oven: 335F
- ift cake flour, powdered sugar and baking powder together; set aside.
- Beat the eggs with water until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes; add vanilla and salt.
- Gradually beat in the granulated sugar.
- Add 1/4 of the flour mixture at a time, blending well after each addition.
- Reserving 1/2 cup of batter, pour batter into a 10-inch round cake pan lined with waxed paper.
- arbled it with 1/2 cup of batter tinted red.
- Drop red batter onto the top of the batter in the cake pan by tablespoons.
- Run the edge of a knife through the red spots to marble.
- Bake at 335F for 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to cool completely.
- Remove waxed paper.
- Decorate with holiday sprinkles, or with red rosettes and green leaves.
- If you need 1 cup of cake flour, put 2 tbsp. of cornstarch in the bottom of a 1-cup measuring cup, then fill the cup as usual with all-purpose flour and level top. Repeat process to get two cups.
- If you only need 1/2 cup of cake flour, put 1 tbsp. cornstarch in bottom of 1/2-cup measuring cup, then fill and level as above.
- If you only need 1/4 cup of cake flour, put 1-1/2 tsp. cornstarch in bottom of 1/4-cup measuring cup, then fill and level as above.
