Plain Old Yellow Cake From Scratch For 100

Total Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 100
• 17 cups all-purpose flour
• 8 cups granulated sugar
• 2 1/3 tablespoons salt
• 6 2/3 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 cups nonfat dry milk powder
• 1/4 cup vanilla extract
• 3 1/3 cups shortening
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 4 1/2 cups water
• 22 eggs, large (4 1/2 cups)

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour pan(s) and set aside. preheat oven.
• 2 sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and dry milk into mixer bowl. if using dehydrated eggs (see below), they are added to the dry ingredients here.
• 3 place the shortening and 1 1/2 cups water in the mixer bowl on top of the dry ingredients. beat one minute at low speed, scrape down sides, beat 2 minutes longer.
• 4 combine eggs, 4 1/2 cups water and vanilla. add slowly to wet mixture while beating at low speed.
• 5 as soon as completely mixed, stop beater, scrape down bowl, then beat at medium speed 3 minutes.
• 6 pour 1 gallon (about 7 pounds, 7 ounces) of batter into each 18x26 pan.
• 7 bake thin sheet cakes 26 to 35 minutes, until done. cool, frost if planned, cut each 6x9.
• 8 bake 9x13 pans 35 to 45 minutes, until done. cool, frost if planned, cut each 4x5.
• 9 variations.
• 10 sift in 2-4 tablespoons apple pie spice, ginger, etc for a spice cake base.
• 11 sift in 1 to 1 1/2 cups cocoa and add 2 additional eggs for light chocolate layers.
• 12 to substitute dehydrated egg mix, sift 11 ounces (2 3/4 cup) canned dehydrated egg mix in with dry ingredients. after the shortening is added, beat together vanilla and 4 1/4 quarts water and add as if adding the egg mixture.