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1-2-3-4 CAKE or OLD FASHIONED LAYER CAKE

Source of Recipe

Thelma


List of Ingredients


1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
3 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract



Recipe



Cream butter. Gradually add sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. (Beat 1-2 minutes with electric mixer or longer by hand.) Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Add eggs one at a time to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with milk and flavorings, beating after each addition until smooth. Baking: Pour batter into three greased and floured round 9-inch layer pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans and finish cooling on racks. When cool, you may ice as desired (chocolate, vanilla, coconut, jelly, etc.)