Tried and True Cake 
Submitted by Carole Elliott, Cake Club Member
Recipe Courtesy of www.CakeClubRecipes.com

Thank you for the recipes, cant wait to try them. Here is a tried and true one I would like to share, I have been making it for many years now and it always turns out great.

Ingredients:

1/2 c. each margarine and shortening
2 c. white sugar
4 eggs
3 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 c. canned milk (evaporated)
1/2 c. water
3 c. all-purpose flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

Directions:

Cream margarine and shortening together until fluffy, add sugar and blend. Then add eggs one at a time, beating after each one. Combine flour, salt and baking powder in bowl and mix together, then add alternately with milk, water and lemon juice to creamed mixture. Bake in 350-degree oven in 9x13-inch or 8-inch round cake pans. Not all ovens are the same but I usually bake a 9x13 for 50 minutes and 9-inch round usually takes longer, about 1 hour or more. Test with a cake tester after about 40 minutes to make sure. When cake is cooled frost with butter cream icing.

This recipe can be doubled with the same results. I have made this for a lot of wedding cakes.

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