Large White Birthday Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 3 cups sifted cake flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 5 egg yolk, beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch pan.
• sift together cake flour, baking powder, and salt.
• in a large bowl, combine shortening, sugar, yolks, and vanilla; beat with mixer. add sifted flour mixture alternately with milk in three parts; continue to beat until just blended. pour batter into prepared pan.
• bake for about 35 minutes. remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack. ice with fluffy boiled icing. sprinkle with coconut and chopped maraschino cherries if you wish.