Gold Cake
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 1:21pm

Ingredients




3/4 cup butter flavored vegetable shortening
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups cake flour sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 egg yolks beaten
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 (9-inch) cake pans with shortening and set aside. 2 Cream together the shortening and the sugar. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Slowly alternate adding the egg yolks and milk with the dry ingredients and mix until well combined. Add the vanilla and mix well. 3 Pour into the prepared pans, half of the batter for each cake. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a rack. 4 This recipe yields 1 two-layer 9-inch cake. 5 Yield: 1 cake