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shortening eggs flour baking powder sweet milk vanilla flavoring butter sugar sugar cocoa butter milk
Viewed: 55 - Published at: 5 years agoIngredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 4 eggs
- 3 cup plain flour
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 2 1/2 cup sweet milk aka whole milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla flavoring
- 1 tbsp butter flavoring
- 2 cup sugar
- 3 cup sugar
- 6 tbsp cocoa
- 1 cup butter
- 1 can evaporated milk
Method
- Sift flour and baking powder...set aside.
- Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
- Add 1 egg at a time, beat well.
- Add flour mixture alternate with milk.
- Beat until well blended.
- Stir in vanilla and butter flavoring.
- You may use any 9 inch pan.
- Use shortening to grease pans and sprinkle with flour.
- I use Baker's Joy.
- Be sure to wash pans after each layers to prevent a build up in pans.
- Spread 1/2 cup of batter in pans and bake at 375 preheated oven until lightly brown.
- You can put layers on wire rack or clean towels until cool.
- I just start building my cake as I get them out.
- FROSTING l do my frosting first so it can cool down.
- Melt butter in a 4 quart sausepan.
- Mix cocoa and sugar and evaporated milk.
- Bring to a rolling boil.
- Reduce heat and cook 2 mins.
- STIRRING CONSTANTLY while cooking.
- Remove from heat and cool.
- It will be thin.
- Spread generously between layers on top and sides of cake.
