CheerioLounge - Desert Dreamin'

[rathbone]

Honest AND modest...nice. And here I was thinking maybe you and I could be in cahoots and fool everyone into thinking we had all this in Jan/Feb.

 

[CheerioLounge]

Now... would we do that? :/

 

[rathbone]

Well I might have, but apparently you are above it all

 

[CheerioLounge]

Well, maybe you should have given me a heads up!

 

[Denim Deb]

So, did you ever get that other egg?

 

[CheerioLounge]

Sure did! Cake is in the oven right now!

 

[Wannabefree]

What kind of cake? I'm hungry

 

[CheerioLounge]

4 egg yellow cake. But I think I am going to lose this recipe! The first 2-3 times I made it it came out perfect. But the last couple of times it was a flop. It looked like I over-mixed it. Little tunnels all through it. So this time, I only used the mixer to cream the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. The dry ingredients and milk I mixed in by hand, starting with the flour mixture and ending with flour mixture in four alternating additions. And it still came out looking over mixed! What am I doing wrong?!

 

[Wannabefree]

I dunno. Give me the recipe and I'll see how it does for me tomorrow. I've been meaning to make a cake anyway

 

[CheerioLounge]

Here you go...

1 cup shortening - I have always used Imperial margarine
2 cups white sugar
4 Large eggs - I use 5 cuz my girls don't lay Large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups milk


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch pan. (I use a Bundt pan)
Cream together shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Mix well. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 45 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool. (I bake for 55 mins in Bundt pan)