Buttermilk Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. white shortening (not butter or margarine)
3 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
5 large eggs
1 c. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3 c. flour

Preparation

Beat together the shortening, sugar and vanilla with mixer until mixture looks like ice cream.
Thoroughly beat in eggs, one at a time.
In a 1-pint measuring cup or bowl, stir together buttermilk and soda (mixture bubbles up).
By hand, stir the flour in several additions into the creamed mixture, alternating with the buttermilk mixture and mixing only until smooth.
Turn into a 10-inch angel cake pan.
Bake in preheated 325\u00b0 until cake tester comes out clean, 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes; loosen edges.
Turn out on rack with another rack, turned right side up.
Cool completely.