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Best Two Egg Cake

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  • Servings: 16
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 25m
    • The following recipe serves 16 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk, plus
  • 2 tablespoons milk
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Stir shortening to soften.

  • Step 2: Gradually add sugar, and cream together until light and fluffy.

  • Step 3: Add vanilla.

  • Step 4: Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each.

  • Step 5: Sift flour, baking powder, salt together 3 times, add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, a little at a time. Beat after each addition till smooth.

  • Step 6: Bake in 2 paper-lined 9x1 1/2-inch round pans in moderate oven (375F) for 25 minutes.

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Cake can be baked as a 9x13, 2 9-inch rounds or as cupcakes. Cupcakes usually take half the time to bake than the larger cakes.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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