Favorite One-Egg Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sifted cake flour
1 c. sugar
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/3 c. soft shortening
1 c. milk
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease well and flour two 8 x 1 1/2-inch layer cake pans or a 9 x 9 x 1 3/4-inch baking pan.
Into large bowl of electric mixer, sift flour with sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add shortening and milk.
At medium speed, beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping side of bowl and guiding mixture into beaters with rubber scraper.
Add egg and vanilla; beat 2 minutes longer.
Pour batter into prepared pans; bake layers 25 to 30 minutes, square, 30 to 35 minutes, or until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertip.
Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool thoroughly on wire racks.
Fill and frost as desired.