How to Prepare Delicious Old Fashioned Sugar Cake

Old Fashioned Sugar Cake.

You can cook Old Fashioned Sugar Cake using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Old Fashioned Sugar Cake

1. You need 1/2 cup of canola or vegetable oil.
2. It's 1 cup of milk (I use Almond unsweetened milk).
3. You need 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
4. Prepare 2 cups of plus 2 tbsp all purpose flour.
5. You need 1 1/2 cup of granulated white sugar.
6. Prepare 4 tsp of baking powder.
7. It's 1 tsp of salt.
8. Prepare 4 of large egg whites.
9. You need of Confectioner's sugar for dusting.
10. It's of Caramel sauce made from Sweetened Condensed Milk (optional).

Old Fashioned Sugar Cake instructions

1. Cream together shortening and milk for about 3 minutes, (it will look like small curd cottage cheese.) Add in vanilla..
2. In a separate bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add flour, one third at a time to the milk mixture, blending well after each addition..
3. Lastly, add in egg whites, beating just until all combined..
4. Pour batter into a greased and floured (do not use a spray) 10 inch cast iron skillet..
5. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes, using a toothpick inserted in the center to test for doneness. (last picture is with caramel sauce on top.).