Recipe: Crisco Famous White Layer Cake and Chocolate Cake (1945)

CRISCO FAMOUS WHITE LAYER CAKE

Measure into mixing bowl:
2 cups cake flour (sifted before measuring)
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup Crisco vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup milk

Stir vigorously by hand or with mixer (medium speed) 2 minutes.

Now stir in (yes, all by itself):
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder*

Now add:
4 egg whites (unbeaten)
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Blend by hand or in mixer (medium speed) for 2 minutes. The batter will be smooth and thin. Pour into two 9-inch layer pans (1 1/2-inches deep) which have been rubbed with Crisco and lined with waxed paper.

Bake in moderate oven (360 degrees F) about 25 minutes. (Note: 360 degrees isn't a typo.)

*Double-action or phosphate type baking powder (Calumet, Davis, Clabber Girl, Rumford, KC, etc.). With tartrate type (Royal, etc.) use 4 1/2 teaspoons.

Makes 2 (9-inch) layers
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe booklet: Recipes for Good Eating, The Procter and Gamble Company, 1945

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CRISCO CHOCOLATE CAKE (1945)
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