Food Nutrition Facts

White cake

White cakes are a kind of dessert cake that incorporates all the basic ingredients of a traditional cake like wheat flour, eggs, sugar and butter except that the egg white is used here instead of whole eggs. Other ingredients like different kinds of dried fruits like raisins, currants, cherries are added to make the white cake tastier.
Sometimes a leavening agent like yeast or baking powder is added while many methods do not advocate the use of these agents and depend on the water present in the mixture (dough) to help the cake to increase in volume.
Different types of toppings are used for white cake. However, traditionally no color or colored ingredient is used. The usual toppings include butter cream or marzipan.
White cakes are offered in most of the occasions like birthday party, social gathering, formal and informal meetings etc.

Benefits of eating white cake

Delicious to eat.
As white cake does not contain the egg yolk, it is suited to the persons having higher cholesterol level.

Risk

There is no risk as such eating white cake.

Suggestions

Keep a loaf of white cake in your bag or go to the store for this when you feel tired or hungry. White cakes are bound to give you instant energy.

Recommended daily allowance

Depending upon the weight, 1-2 slices a day.