This is the "quick" method of making a cake and it is the method upon
which cake mixes are based. The difference is that you use better and
fresher ingredients as well as real, not synthetic, vanilla.
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup milk
2 medium eggs, unbeaten
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large
mixing bowl. Drop in shortening; pour in 3/4 cup milk and vanilla.
Mix at medium speed on mixer for two minutes, scraping bowls and
beaters as necessary.
Add the 1/4 cup milk and eggs and beat two minutes longer. Turn into
2-8 or 9-inch pans and bake @ 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until done.
Cool in pans for about 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pans
and cool on wire rack completely.
It also may be baked in a 13X9X2-inch pan @ 350 degrees for 35 to 40
minutes.
It got it from the Good Housekeeping Cake Cookbook by the editors of
Good Housekeeping, page 16.
PS: be sure you use cake flour and not all purpose flour.
> Could you post the yellow cake recipe and re-post the chocolate? I
would love to try them. I don't use box mixes either, but have had a
hard time finding anything homemade that is REALLY good. Thanks!
>
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