Silver Cake

Directions

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   Cream
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   shortening.
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   Add sugar gradually and keep creaming.
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   (I do
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   this
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   by hand until it is light and fluffy, like whipped cream.
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   This
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   is my secret of a fine-textured velvet-like
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   cake.) Sift
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    flour, baking powder and soda three times, then
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    add alternately
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    with
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    buttermilk
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    and flavoring to the creamed mixture.
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    Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
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    Turn into
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    3 greased and floured cake pans and bake at 350° until a pick inserted
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    into
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    the
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    center comes out clean.
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    Frost with Silver Cake Icing.