Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, separated
• 3 cups cake flour or 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Cream shortening for about 2 minutes.
2. Add sugar gradually; continue creaming about 1½ minutes after all sugar is added.
3. Add egg yolks that have been beaten very lightly.
4. Beat the mixture about 2 minutes.
5. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk and vanilla. Begin and end with flour mixture.
6. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
7. Pour into three greased 8-inch layer pans and bake at 350° for about 50 minutes. Or pour into one 13 x 9-inch pan and bake at 350° for about 40 -50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
8. Frost as desired.