On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:07:15 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

>Grandmother's Layer Cake
>(I don't know whose grandmother)
>
>2/3 cup shortening [I used coconut oil]
>2 cups sugar
>2 eggs
>1 tsp. vanilla
>1 3/4 cup milk
>3 cups self-rising flour

Use real butter and add another two eggs. Grandma must have been
trying to economise but it won't make a moist tender cake.