WHITE LAYER CAKE
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup cold water
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- Whites of 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
Cream shortening and sugar together until very light; add water slowly, almost drop by drop, and beat constantly; stir in flour and baking powder which have been sifted together twice; add flavoring; fold in whites of eggs which have been beaten until stiff and dry, pour into two greased layer cake tins. Bake in moderate oven 20 to 25 minutes. Put together with fresh strawberry icing [page 18] or maple icing [page 17].