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Basic Yellow Cake




Source of Recipe


unknown


List of Ingredients




1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups sifted cake flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract


Recipe



1 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.
2 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.
3 Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans. Bake at 375°F 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.
4 Yield: one 3-layer cake.
5 Yellow Cupcakes: Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin pans, filling each cup half full. Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool on wire racks. Frost as desired.
6 Yield: 3 dozen.