Food
Basic Yellow Cake
By Yankee Magazine|Feb 24 2004|
This basic recipe is great for coconut cakes, chocolate cakes, and is easy to fix.
Yield
8-10 slices
Ingredients
2 cups self-rising flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
4 eggs
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour your cake pan.
Sift together flour and sugar in bowl; set aside. Melt vegetable shortening, cool, then beat in eggs. Stir in milk and vanilla.
Add sugar/flour mixture to egg mixture; mix well and pour into cake pan. Bake for 20-23 minutes until golden brown.
