Nun's Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 2 egg whites
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 sift flour once, measure. add baking powder and salt and sift three times.
• 2 cream shortening, gradually adding sugar. cream thoroughly.
• 3 add egg yolks and unbeaten egg whites. beat 1 minute. combine flour mixture and milk alternately with creamed mixture.
• 4 beat very well. add flavoring.
• 5 pour into greased springform pan with tube inset.
• 6 bake 1 hour and 20 minutes in moderate oven, 325 to 350 degrees.
• 7 to remove cake, push down on tapered clamp and release spring rim.