Best Birthday Cake With Chiffon Icing

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. 2

   Grease 2 9-inch cake pans with crisco and then cover with flour, shaking out the excess over the sink.

3. 3

   Cream crisco and sugar in a mixer.

4. 4

   Add eggs and beat well.

5. 5

   Sift flour [you can just shake the flour through a sieve].

6. 6

   Measure and sift flour again with the baking powder and salt.

7. 7

   Mix milk with vanilla.

8. 8

   In thirds, alternately add the flour mixture and then the milk mixture until it's all incorporated.

9. 9

   Beat well until blisters form in the batter - at least 2 minutes.

10. 10

    Pour batter into cake pans.

11. 11

    Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes.

12. 12

    Cupcake pans bake for 15-20 minutes.

13. 13

    Let cool.

14. 14

    Frost with Chiffon Icing.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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