Type | Cake |
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Course | Dessert |
Invented | Late 19th century |
Main ingredients | White sugar, white flour, egg whites, baking powder or baking soda |
White cake is a type of cake that is made without egg yolks. White cakes were also once known as silver cakes.[1]
White cakes can be butter cakes or sponge cakes.[2] They became widely available in the later part of the 19th century, and became associated with weddings and christenings.