Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 3/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 1/4 cups 2% or whole milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 egg whites
- 1/2 cup jimmies or rainbow sprinkles
- 1 cup 2 sticks salted butter
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 7 cups powdered sugar
- 2/7 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Beat the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, shortening, milk, and vanilla until smooth, then beat in the egg whites and fold in the sprinkles.
- Divide the batter between the pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then cool them completely on racks for about 30 minutes.
- Beat the butter, shortening, powdered sugar, cream, and vanilla until fluffy, then spread the frosting between and over the cooled cakes.
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