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This is my go-to recipe when I want to serve strawberries and whipped cream. You can use either a round or square 8-inch pan. You can use either a round or square 8-inch pan. This bakes with a beautiful dome in the center of the cake. It is a heavy cake and thus filling. The one I recently baked had edges that were a tad crunchy which added to the flavor. Year’s past, when my children were young, I made a simple chocolate frosting for a quick birthday cake.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

5 tablespoons shortening

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Milk

Dash or two of salt

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 375 F. Spray the baking pan with oil. Cream the shortening with the sugar. Add the flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well. Crack two eggs into a one cup liquid measuring cup. Fill the rest of the cup with milk. Add to bowl and mix in the vanilla. Mix by hand until everything is smooth. If there are a few small lumps of shortening, that is okay. Bake for 30 minutes.