Plain Old Yellow Cake from Scratch for 100
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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100
ingredients
- 17 cups all-purpose flour (4 pounds)
- 8 cups granulated sugar (4 pounds)
- 2 1⁄3 tablespoons salt
- 6 2⁄3 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄4 cups nonfat dry milk powder
- 1⁄4 cup vanilla extract
- 3 1⁄3 cups shortening
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 4 1⁄2 cups water
- 22 eggs, large (4 1/2 cups)
directions
- Grease and flour pan(s) and set aside. Preheat oven.
- Sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and dry milk into mixer bowl. If using dehydrated eggs (see below), they are added to the dry ingredients here.
- Place the shortening and 1 1/2 cups water in the mixer bowl on top of the dry ingredients. Beat one minute at low speed, scrape down sides, beat 2 minutes longer.
- Combine eggs, 4 1/2 cups water and vanilla. Add slowly to wet mixture while beating at low speed.
- As soon as completely mixed, stop beater, scrape down bowl, then beat at medium speed 3 minutes.
- Pour 1 gallon (about 7 pounds, 7 ounces) of batter into each 18x26 pan.
- Bake thin sheet cakes 26 to 35 minutes, until done. Cool, frost if planned, cut each 6x9.
- Bake 9x13 pans 35 to 45 minutes, until done. Cool, frost if planned, cut each 4x5.
- Variations.
- Sift in 2-4 tablespoons apple pie spice, ginger, etc for a spice cake base.
- Sift in 1 to 1 1/2 cups cocoa and add 2 additional eggs for light chocolate layers.
- To substitute dehydrated egg mix, sift 11 ounces (2 3/4 cup) canned dehydrated egg mix in with dry ingredients. After the shortening is added, beat together vanilla and 4 1/4 quarts water and add as if adding the egg mixture.
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Reviews
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With all due respect, the warning about size of mixer to use is way out of whack. It says to use a 5qt commercial...I have a 6qt professional and it's not big enough by half. The cake itself is easy to make. I also don't get the sizes one is supposed to cut these cakes into. I hope you will explain because the suggested pieces are huge and not consistent across the board. 6x9's and 4x5's will never yield 100.
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