Best Two-Egg Cake

This is a very simple cake. I made it for my Dad when he came to visit, and he said it smelled like pancakes. I got this out of the 1953 Better Homes And Gardens New Cookbook.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  eggs
• 2 1⁄4 cups  sifted cake flour
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup milk, plus
• 2  tablespoons milk

Directions

1. Stir shortening to soften.
2. Gradually add sugar, and cream together until light and fluffy.
3. Add vanilla.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each.
5. Sift flour, baking powder, salt together 3 times, add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, a little at a time.
6. Beat after each addition till smooth.
7. Bake in 2 paper-lined 9x1 1/2-inch round pans in moderate overn (375°) about 25 minutes.