1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated or powdered sugar
yolks of 3 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Cream shortening, add sugar slowly and beat well; add beaten egg
yolks; add milk a little at a time and flour which has been sifted
with baking powder; divide batter in half and add to one-half one
teaspoon lemon juice and the grated rind of half a lemon; to the other
half of batter add two ounces unsweetened melted
chocolate, one
teaspoon vanilla. Bake in shallow greased pan or in very small
individual tins in hot oven about 15 minutes. If a large pan in used,
when cool cut cakes into fancy shapes. Cakes should be less than an
inch thick when baked. Spread with colored or marshmallow icing.
Source:
The New Dr. Price Cookbook
