Winter Snow Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

snow cake
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 cups freshly fallen snow

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar. Add vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat often each addition. Go outside and get in snow; fold in snow.
Bake in greased and floured 8 inch square pan, at 350\u00b0F for 30 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan.
Frost with favorite icing.