President Eisenhower's Favorite Cake
Created by dienia b on November 17, 2019
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 30m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Recipe #33781
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sour milk
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven 375 degrees
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Step 2: Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt together.
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Step 3: Cream shortening
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Step 4: Slowly beat in sugar, egg yolks and vanilla extract.
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Step 5: Add cocoa mixed in boiling water that has cooled to lukewarm and flour mixture alternately with milk.
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Step 6: Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
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Step 7: Pour into 2 greased 8 inch layer cake tins.
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Step 8: Bake for 25 minutes at 375 degrees F, or use greased 9-inch square tin, baking for 45 minutes at 350 degrees F.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (344 g)
- Calories 978.8
- Total Fat - 53.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 29 g
- Cholesterol - 497.1 mg
- Sodium - 720.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 105.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.4 g
- Sugars - 69.2 g
- Protein - 23.3 g
- Calcium - 194.3 mg
- Iron - 4.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg