2¼ teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter or other shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
¾ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven (375°F.) 25 minutes. Spread Fudge Frosting ([page 16]) between layers and on top and sides of cake.
Favorite Cup Cakes
Use recipe for [Favorite Chocolate Layer Cake]. Turn the batter into greased cup-cake pans, filling them ⅔ full; bake in moderate oven (375°F.) 20 minutes, or until done. Cover with Chocolate Wonder Frosting ([page 17]), or Burnt Sugar Frosting ([page 16]). Makes 2 dozen cakes.