Kajikit wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:07:15 -0500, zxcvbob >
> wrote:
>
>> Grandmother's Layer Cake
>> (I don't know whose grandmother)
>>
>> 2/3 cup shortening [I used coconut oil]
>> 2 cups sugar
>> 2 eggs
>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>> 1 3/4 cup milk
>> 3 cups self-rising flour
>
> Use real butter and add another two eggs. Grandma must have been
> trying to economise but it won't make a moist tender cake.


I think I might use 1/2 cup of shortening plus 1/2 cup of butter or
salad oil, and 3 eggs next time I make it. I want this to be a
white cake, or at least pale, so I don't want a lot of yellow butter
and egg yolks. (I'm surprised how white it turns out with those 2
yolks)

Perhaps I need to start with a whole new recipe. At least I found
out that 3 cups of flour makes the size cake that I want.

Bob