Name: Auntie's Buttermilk Cake
Yield: 14
Ingredients: Shortening - ¾ cup; White sugar - 1 ½ cups; Cake flour - 2 ¾ cups; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Egg whites - 4; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Buttermilk - 1 tablespoon; Baking powder - 1 teaspoon; Buttermilk - 1 ½ cups; Baking soda - ½ teaspoon; Almond extract - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients for - Auntie's Buttermilk Cake

1. Shortening ¾ cup

2. White sugar 1 ½ cups

3. Cake flour 2 ¾ cups

4. Salt ½ teaspoon

5. Egg whites 4

6. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

7. Buttermilk 1 tablespoon

8. Baking powder 1 teaspoon

9. Buttermilk 1 ½ cups

10. Baking soda ½ teaspoon

11. Almond extract 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Auntie's Buttermilk Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour 1- 13 x9 inch square cake pan.

2 . Stage

Cream shortening and sugar together and add 1 tablespoon buttermilk.

3 . Stage

Sift flour three times and add baking powder and salt.

4 . Stage

Combine 1 1/2 cups buttermilk with 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Alternate adding buttermilk to shortening mixture with flour.

5 . Stage

Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Pour batter into prepared pan.

6 . Stage

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.