Old-fashioned Yellow Cake With Chocolate Icing

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 whole egg
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 egg whites
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 egg yolk, beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 to make cake, preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 in a large bowl, beat shortening until light.
• 3 slowly beat in sugar.
• 4 add egg and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• 6 add to batter in 3 parts, alternating with 3 parts milk.
• 7 stir in vanilla.
• 8 beat egg whites until stiff.
• 9 fold into batter.
• 10 pour batter into two buttered and floured 8-inch round cake pans.
• 11 bake for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 12 cool on a wire rack before icing.
• 13 to make icing, in top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate and stir in condensed milk. beat until smooth.
• 14 stir in butter, one piece at a time, stirring after each addition. stir in egg yolk and vanilla. beat until smooth and thick. (if the icing becomes too thick, thin with a little hot water.).