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Yellow Cake
5,000 feet Elevation
Oven temperature: 350 or 375 degrees
3cups sifted cake flour
2 ½teaspoons baking powder
1teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup shortening (room temperature)
1 ¼cups plus 2 tablespoons milk (refrigerator temperature)
2teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs (refrigerator temperature)
Directions:
1. Grease and flour or line bottom of pans with waxed paper.
2.
Mix and sift flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into mixer bowl.
3. Add shortening, milk, vanilla, and eggs.
4. Beat 30 seconds on low speed, scraping frequently.
5. Beat 7 ½ minutes on high speed of portable mixer.
6. Pour batter into pans.
7. Bake at the temperature and time recommended below. (a,b,c)
8.
Remove from oven and allow to cool in pans about 12 minutes.
9. Remove from pans and allow to finish cooling on rack.
a. Oblong, 9x13x2 inch pan --- bake at 350 degrees aprox. 40 minutes.
b.
Three 8- inch layers --- bake at 375 degrees aprox. 25 minutes.
c. 36 cupcakes ( ½ full ) --- bake at 375 approximately 20 minutes.
Altitude Adjustments:
7,500 feet:Same as 5,000 feet.
10,000 feet:Reduce baking powder to 1 1/8 teaspoons.
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