Rita's Dessert Cake/washington Pie

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 370.
• 2 sift flour, baking powder and salt. sift again.
• 3 cream shortening; add sugar gradually; cream together until light and fluffy.
• 4 add unbeaten eggs and beat thoroughly; add vanilla.
• 5 add dry ingredients alternately with milk, stirring only enough after each addition to blend thoroughly.
• 6 pour into 2 greased pans (8x8 or round 8" pans).
• 7 bake for 25 minutes.