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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cake flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons room temperature unsalted butter*
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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