Title: Martha Washington Cake
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1 c Shortening
2 c Sugar
4 Egg yolks
1 ts Vanilla extract
3 c All-purpose flour,sifted
1/4 ts Salt
3 ts Baking powder
1 c Milk
4 Stiffly beaten egg whites

start oven at 350 degrees. grease three 8-inch layer-cake pans,line with
wax paper and grease the paper. cream the shortening and sugar thoroughly.
add egg yolks and vanilla;beat well. sift dry ingredients together; add
alternately with milk. fold in egg whites. bake in prepared pans in oven
for 30 minutes. take cake out of oven and let cool. frost with your
favorite frosting, i usually use a white frosting and decorate with
red,white, and blue for the fourth of july. Posted to EAT-L Digest by Donna
Partigianoni on Jul 6, 1997