PLAIN CAKE
- ¼ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or other flavoring
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
Cream shortening; add sugar slowly; add well-beaten egg and flavoring; sift together flour, baking powder and salt and add to mixture, a little at a time, alternately with milk. Bake in greased loaf, layer or patty pans in moderate oven. May also be used for cottage pudding served hot with hard or soft sauce.
If baked in layers a middle layer of chocolate can be made by adding 1 oz. melted unsweetened chocolate to one-third of the batter.