Plain Cake Large Batch

TinyArtist

  Plain CakeYield: 12 eight-inch layers or 9 nine-inch layers or 12 dozen cup cakes

  Ingredients  

• 10 2/3  cup  flour, (2 pounds, 10 2/3 ounces)
• 5  tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder, (2 ounces)
• 2  teaspoon  salt
• 2  cup  shortening, (1 pound)
• 1  tablespoon  vanilla
• 1 1/2  quart  sugar, (3 pounds)
• 8    eggs
• 1  pint  evaporated milk
• 1  pint  water, mixed with evaporated milk
  

  Directions  

• Sift flour, then measure.
• Resift with baking powder and salt.
• Cream shortening and vanilla thoroughly.
• Add sugar and continue creaming until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with diluted milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• Pour into greased layer cake or muffin pans.
• Bake in a moderate oven (375f) about 25 minutes.
• Orange or pineapple cup cakes variation: use orange or pineapple juice in place of the water; no soda is necessary; omit vanilla and use grated orange rind.
  

  

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