1 c Shortening
2 c Sugar
4 Eggs
3 c Cake flour; sifted
2 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Milk
1 ts Almond extract
1 ts Vanilla extract
Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:15
Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at
medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour,
baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately
with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix
after each addition. Stir in flavorings. Pour batter into
3 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans. Bake at 375
degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10
minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire
racks. Frost as desired. Yield: one 3-layer cake.
YELLOW CUPCAKES: Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin pans,
filling each cup half full. Bake at 375 degrees for 20
minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool on wire racks.
Frost as desired. Yield: 3 dozen.
