When I recently asked womento send me recipes for thecakes their husbands like best, Iexpected to get a lot of good ideas.But I never dreamed they’d arriveby the truckload! I’ve beensimply snowed under—thousandsand thousands of wonderfulrecipes!
When all the recipes weresorted and listed, we had whatamounts to a real popularity poll.Certain kinds of cake proved tobe “husbands’ favorites,” timeand again, all over the country!
So we took the best recipes wecould find for the ten kinds ofcake wives said their husbandslike best. We checked them foreasy making as well as lusciouseating ... and here they are!They’re tested, they’re sure-fireand you’ll find they make themost delicious cakes any husbandcould ever ask for.
Of course, since they’re Sprycakes, you’ll find they’re allhigher, lighter, better-tasting!For Spry is homogenized, pre-creamedto mix more easily withdry ingredients. And Spry is theonly kind of shortening speciallymade to combine with the liquidsyour cake recipes call for. That’swhy your Spry cakes are so high... so light ... so velvety-textured.You’ll bake a better cake,be a better cook, with HomogenizedSpry.
And now you can run your ownpopularity poll—bake each oneof these ten beauties, and seewhich wins with HIM. Every oneof them will win you compliments,and among them he’ll findhis favorite cake!
Oven temperature: 350°F. (moderate)
Baking time: 25-30 min.
Yield: 2 round 9″ layers
Sift ...1¾ cups sifted cake flour, 1½cups sugar, ¾ teaspoon salt,½ teaspoon double actingbaking powder[1], ¾ teaspoonsoda into mixing bowl
Add ...½ cup Homogenized Spry, 3ounces melted chocolate, 1 cupthick sour milk or buttermilk,1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat ...200 strokes (2 min. by handor on mixer at low speed).Scrape bowl and spoon orbeater.
Add ...2 unbeaten eggs
Beat ...200 strokes (same as above)
Stir in ...1 cup cut-fine coconut
Pour ...into 2 round 9″ Sprycoatedlayer pans 1¼″ deep
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