Genie’s Birthday Cake

Name: Genie’s Birthday Cake
Yield: Yield: 12 servings.
Ingredients: ½ tsp salt; 2 tsp baking powder; 1⅓ cups flour; ½ cup milk (1%); 2 eggs; ¾ cup sugar; ½ cup soft shortening or tub margarine; ½ cup soft shortening or tub margarine; chocolate sprinkles or grated chocolate (optional); chocolate sprinkles or grated chocolate (optional); Genie’s Icing; 1 cup flour; ¼ cup brown sugar; ½ tsp baking powder; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; ⅓ cup soft shortening or tub margarine; ⅓ cup soft shortening or tub margarine

Preparation info

Yield:
12
servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Food Processor Bible

By Norene Gilletz

Published 2011

About

An old-time Winnipeg favorite. This was the cake I had for my birthday parties when I was a little girl. Too bad a genie can’t make the calories magically disappear!

Ingredients

Base

⅓ cup soft shortening or tub margarine
1 cup flour
¼

Vegetarian
Cake
Birthday

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F. Use steel blade to process all ingredients.

For base: Process all ingredients for base until blended, about 10 seconds. Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick spray, then line with parchment paper, leaving about 1 inch of paper extending beyond t