Ingredients
- vegetable shortening (Crisco)
- 2 tbs all-purpose flour
- cake mix
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease inside of each pan thoroughly. Sprinkle flour into each pan and shake so flour covers all greased surfaces. Turn pan over and gently tap out any excess flour. Ensure entire pan is covered with grease AND flour.
Make cake mix as directed. (For firmer cakes, use only 1 or 2 tbs of the oil) Divide batter between the pans, filling to the top. Place pans on baking stands on a cookie sheet. Bake on middle rack for 30 - 40 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean from the center.
Remove cakes from oven and cool on cake rack for 10 minutes. Then, carefully slice off the raised center portion of the cake. To remove cake from pan, place the cake rack against the cake and turn both the cake rack and the pan over. Lift pan off carefully. Cool cake for at least one hour before decorating. Brush loose crumbs off the cake.