Starlight Cake
Cake:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup soft shortening
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
Sift together four sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add shortening, milk and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
Add eggs and beat two minutes more.
Pour in greased 9 x 13 pan (or two 9 x 9 pans). Bake 30 minutes at 350F.
Icing
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups Lantic or Rogers Icing Sugar
- optional: 1/3 cup sifted cocoa powder for chocolate icing
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp Milk
Cream 1/2 cup soft butter with 2 cups icing sugar (and cocoa powder, if making chocolate icing). Beat 1 tsp. vanilla, 2 tbsp. milk and 1 cup Lantic or Rogers Icing Sugar into mixture. Gradually add 2 tbsp. milk into icing until smooth and of desired spreading consistency.