8 cups cake flour
1/4 cup baking powder
2 1/2 cups shortening
6 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Recipe
In a large bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix well With a pastry blender, cut in shortening until the mixture is as fine as cornmeal. Put in a large airtight container. Label as Basic Cake Mix and store in a cool dry place. Use with 10 to 12 weeks. Makes about 16 cups of mix.