Ma's One Egg Cake
photo by puppitypup
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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1 9x9 pan
- Serves:
- 9
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup butter flavor shortening
- 2⁄3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 1 egg
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease and flour a 9 inch x 9 inch pan.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Add shortening, the 2/3 cup milk, and the vanilla; beat for 2 minutes.
- Add the 1/3 cup milk and egg; beat for 2 more minutes.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for about 45-50 minutes or until done. You might check a little earlier because my oven runs cool. If doubling or tripling the recipe, you'll have to increase the cooking time substantially.
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UPSIDE DOWN CAKE:
- If making pineapple upside down cake, use the strained juice in the batter, reducing the milk by the amount of juice used.
- Drop pieces of butter and sprinkle brown sugar on pan.
- Lay pineapple rings down.
- Pour cake batter on top.
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Reviews
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Have made this cake often over the years and always turns out well. I make it EXACTLY as written otherwise I would not be ab le to rate it. It is very versatile and makes a nice base for a strawberry shortcake. Also good sandwiched together with chocolate icing or substitute almond or lemon flavoring for a change. The possibilities are endless.
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Very Nice and Easy too! To make this a little healthier I used: white whole wheat flour, 1/4 cup sugar with 1 cup Splenda granular, margarine, and 1% milk. It turned out soft with a nice crumb and mellow flavor. I enjoyed this cut in half and layered with a lemon mousse and sliced freshed strawberries and topped with lemon curd. Yum! Made for the Please Review tag game.
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This is really good. it was moist and delicious. I used strawberry yogurt instead of the 1/3 cup of milk and there was a smll undertaste of it. I also used chunkc of banana from a small banana to give it that banana bread taste and it sort of worked. Next time I'll puree the banana to even it out in the batter.
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This is really light and moist. I agree that with the earlier reviewer that it was almost angel-food like. I used 1 cup Splenda and 1/4 cup sugar, and subbed cherry extract for the vanilla, and added some red food coloring. Served without frosting, but with a dollop of low-fat vanilla yogurt. Reminds me of the cakes my grandma made back in the '50's.
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Yummy! The only problem I had was it stuck to my non stick pan! GO figure. I should have known since it doesn't have much oil in it. Next time I'll be sure to line the pan with waxed paper. This cake is definitely yummy! I think next time I'll be making an upside down cake with this recipe! Thanks for posting Puppitypup!
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This is really good. it was moist and delicious. I used strawberry yogurt instead of the 1/3 cup of milk and there was a smll undertaste of it. I also used chunkc of banana from a small banana to give it that banana bread taste and it sort of worked. Next time I'll puree the banana to even it out in the batter.
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This is really light and moist. I agree that with the earlier reviewer that it was almost angel-food like. I used 1 cup Splenda and 1/4 cup sugar, and subbed cherry extract for the vanilla, and added some red food coloring. Served without frosting, but with a dollop of low-fat vanilla yogurt. Reminds me of the cakes my grandma made back in the '50's.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
puppitypup
Sutherlin, Oregon
My name is Julie, and I love to cook. I've even gotten to the point where I don't mind the dishes!