Basic Yellow Cake
This basic recipe is great for coconut cakes, chocolate cakes, and is easy to fix.
Ingredients
2 cups self-rising flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
4 eggs
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour your cake pan.
Sift together flour and sugar in bowl; set aside. Melt vegetable shortening, cool, then beat in eggs. Stir in milk and vanilla.
Add sugar/flour mixture to egg mixture; mix well and pour into cake pan. Bake for 20-23 minutes until golden brown.
Yield:
8-10 slices
Preparation Method
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What SIZE cake pan should one
What SIZE cake pan should one be cooking this cake in? There is no indication. Would it be an 8" or 9" round or square or a 13" x 9"?
You can use either 8" or 9"
You can use either 8" or 9" round cake pans.
luv the simple cakes and
luv the simple cakes and option of diferent ways to fix choc. or coconut ect.