Recipe: Easy-Do Plain Cake (Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, 1949)

EASY-DO PLAIN CAKE

2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon Arm & Hammer Brand or Cow Brand Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup shortening

Have all ingredients at room temperature.

Sift flour, baking soda and salt together.

Combine vinegar, milk and vanilla.

Beat eggs and sugar together for 1 minute (125 strokes). Add dry ingredients, shortening and 1/2 of liquid. Stir until flour is moistened. Beat vigorously 1 minute (125 strokes). Scrape sides of bowl often. Stir in remaining liquid; beat 1 minute. Pour immediately into 2 greased (8-inch) pans, 1 1/4 inches deep.

Bake at once at 375 degrees F. (moderate oven) for 2 5-30 minutes.

Makes 2 (8-inch) layers, 1 1/4 inches deep
Source:
Recipe Booklet - New Fashioned Old Fashioned Recipes, Church and Dwight Co., Inc., 1949