Lady Baltimore Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup milk
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
3 tsp. baking powder
6 egg whites, beaten stiffly

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly.
Add sifted dry ingredients alternatively with milk and water; beat smooth after each addition.
Add extracts.
Fold in egg whites.
Bake in 2 waxed paper lined pans, 9 inch square layer pans in moderate over (350 degrees) for 30 minutes.
Put layers together with 2/3 of the recipe for Seven Minute Frosting tinted a delicate pink.