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Preparations: Have the shortening at room temperature. Line bottoms of pans with paper; grease. ;
Use two round 8-inch layers, 1 y 4 inches deep. Start oven for moderate heat (375°F.). Sift flour once.
Prepare meringue by beating 3 egg whites with rotary egg beater (or at high speed of electric mixer)
until foamy; add y 4 cup sugar gradually, beating only until meringue will hold up in soft peaks.
(For 5000 feet
altitude)
Measure into sifter:
2 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
% teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar*
Measure into mixing bowl:
l /i cup vegetable shortening (see below*)
Measure into cup:
1 cup milk*
1 teaspoon vanilla
Have ready: meringue of
3 egg whites and cup sugar
*If the shortening used is butter, margarine, or lard,
decrease sugar and milk. . . .Use 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon
sugar and 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons milk.
•The Mix-Easy Mixing Method
Stir shortening just to soften. Sift in dry ingredients.
Add% of the milk and mix until all flour
is dampened. Then beat 2 minutes.
Add remaining milk, blend, then add meringue
mixture and beat 1 minute longer.
(Mix cake by hand or at low speed of electric
mixer. Count only actual beating time. Or count
beating strokes. Allow about 150 full strokes
per minute. Scrape bowl and spoon often.)
Baking: Turn batter into pans. Bake in moderate
oven (375°F.) 25 minutes, or until done.
This cake may also be baked in a 9x9x2-inch
pan or 10xl0x2-inch pan in moderate oven
(375 °F.) 30 minutes, or until done.
(For 3000 feet
altitude)
Measure into sifter:
2 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
2 l /x teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
% teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
Measure into mixing bowl:
cup vegetable shortening (see below*)
Measure into cup:
1 cup minus 2 tablespoons milk*
1 teaspoon vanilla
Have ready: meringue of
3 egg whites and l /x cup sugar
*If the shortening used is butter, margarine, or lard,
decrease milk to % cup.
Follow the Mix-Easy Mixing Method above.
Measurements for Other Altitudes
(For 7000 feet
altitude)
Measure into sifter:
2 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour
1% teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
3 4 teaspoon salt
1 cup minus 1 tablespoon sugar*
Measure into mixing bowl:
l /i cup vegetable shortening (see below*)
Measure into cup:
1 cup milk*
1 teaspoon vanilla
Have ready: meringue of
3 egg whites and i/i cup sugar
*If the shortening used is butter, margarine, or lard,
decrease sugar and milk Use 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons
sugar and 1 cup minus 1 tablespoon milk.
Follow the Mix-Easy Mixing Method above.
m Lemon Cream Layer Cake. Bake layers. Spread Golden Cream Filling (page 20) between
layers and Moon-glow Lemon Icing (page 22) or Snow Frosting (page 20) over cake.
Coconut Cake. Bake in layers and spread with Coconut Frosting (page 20).