Recipe for cooking Delicate White Cake with Lemon Filling

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Delicate White Cake with Lemon Filling

White Cake
1/2 c. shortening
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 1/4 c. sifted cake flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. water
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Cream shortening; add sugar gradually and cream thoroughly. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together and add to sugar mixture alternately with the milk and water mixed. Add vanilla extract or flavoring and fold in egg whites. Pour into 2 well-greased and floured 8-in. cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 35 mins.. Cool. Remove from pans.

Lemon Filling
5 egg yolks
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. lemon juice
2 Tbsp. grated lemon rind
Powdered’ sugar

Beat egg yolks and add remaining ingredients. Place mixture in top of double boiler and cook over hot water until thick. Let filling cool, then spread between cake layers. Dust cake with powdered\sugar.