Auntie's Buttermilk Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 3/4 cups cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon almond extract

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). lightly grease and flour 1- 13 x9 inch square cake pan.
• cream shortening and sugar together and add 1 tablespoon buttermilk.
• sift flour three times and add baking powder and salt.
• combine 1 1/2 cups buttermilk with 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. alternate adding buttermilk to shortening mixture with flour.
• beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. pour batter into prepared pan.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 30 to 40 minutes. once cool frost with frosting of your choice. if you want you can add orange extract to the frosting, about 1 teaspoon.