Martha washington cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Shortening
2 cups Sugar
4 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 cups All-purpose flour,sifted
¼ teaspoon Salt
3 teaspoons Baking powder
1 cup Milk
4 Stiffly beaten egg whites

Directions

start oven at 350 degrees. grease three 8-inch layer-cake pans,line with wax paper and grease the paper. cream the shortening and sugar thoroughly.

add egg yolks and vanilla;beat well. sift dry ingredients together; add alternately with milk. fold in egg whites. bake in prepared pans in oven for 30 minutes. take cake out of oven and let cool. frost with your favorite frosting, i usually use a white frosting and decorate with red,white, and blue for the fourth of july. Posted to EAT-L Digest by Donna Partigianoni <donna@...> on Jul 6, 1997

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