Yellow Cake

kate
kate @cook_3478240

I love cake and hate frosting, so any cake I make has got to be fabulous all on its own. This one is. Simple and oh so good. Make it yours!

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Ingredients

12 servings
  1. 1/2 cup Shortening
  2. 1 1/2 cup Sugar
  3. 1 1/5 tsp vanilla
  4. 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  5. 2 tbsp sour cream
  6. 2 eggs
  7. 1/2 tsp almond flavoring
  8. 2 1/4 cup sifted cake flour
  9. 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  10. 1/2 tsp salt
  11. 1 cup milk + 2 tbsp.milk

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Cream shortening, sugar, oil and sour cream together til light and fluffy. add vanilla, almond flavoring and eggs. Beat well.

  2. 2

    YES SIFT THE FLOUR and use cake flour - HUGE difference in texture. add sifted dry ingredients to batter 1/2 C or so at a time, alternately with milk until all is mixed in.

  3. 3

    Bake in 375 oven in 2 9" round cake pans for 25-30 min. Cool 5 min., then flip onto a cake plate.

  4. 4

    frost with your favorite chocolate frosting or flavored frosting of your choice - all go well with this cake. Or feel free to use fillings - raspberry, peach, orange fluff - options are endless.!

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cooking and baking are my hobby. there is nothing better than cooking for a crowd! love to experiment and feed people awesome food.
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