Ma's One Egg Cake

"This was my Grandma's recipe. I believe it dates back to the depression. A moist and versatile cake that will please everyone. Really good with recipe #182807 or for strawberry shortcake or pineapple upside-down cake. You can double the recipe for a 10x13 pan or triple the recipe for a 12x16 pan."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
1 9x9 pan
Serves:
9
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Grease and flour a 9 inch x 9 inch pan.
  • Sift dry ingredients together.
  • Add shortening, the 2/3 cup milk, and the vanilla; beat for 2 minutes.
  • Add the 1/3 cup milk and egg; beat for 2 more minutes.
  • Pour into prepared pan.
  • Bake for about 45-50 minutes or until done. You might check a little earlier because my oven runs cool. If doubling or tripling the recipe, you'll have to increase the cooking time substantially.
  • UPSIDE DOWN CAKE:

  • If making pineapple upside down cake, use the strained juice in the batter, reducing the milk by the amount of juice used.
  • Drop pieces of butter and sprinkle brown sugar on pan.
  • Lay pineapple rings down.
  • Pour cake batter on top.

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Reviews

  1. Have made this cake often over the years and always turns out well. I make it EXACTLY as written otherwise I would not be ab le to rate it. It is very versatile and makes a nice base for a strawberry shortcake. Also good sandwiched together with chocolate icing or substitute almond or lemon flavoring for a change. The possibilities are endless.
     
  2. Very Nice and Easy too! To make this a little healthier I used: white whole wheat flour, 1/4 cup sugar with 1 cup Splenda granular, margarine, and 1% milk. It turned out soft with a nice crumb and mellow flavor. I enjoyed this cut in half and layered with a lemon mousse and sliced freshed strawberries and topped with lemon curd. Yum! Made for the Please Review tag game.
     
  3. This is really good. it was moist and delicious. I used strawberry yogurt instead of the 1/3 cup of milk and there was a smll undertaste of it. I also used chunkc of banana from a small banana to give it that banana bread taste and it sort of worked. Next time I'll puree the banana to even it out in the batter.
     
  4. This is really light and moist. I agree that with the earlier reviewer that it was almost angel-food like. I used 1 cup Splenda and 1/4 cup sugar, and subbed cherry extract for the vanilla, and added some red food coloring. Served without frosting, but with a dollop of low-fat vanilla yogurt. Reminds me of the cakes my grandma made back in the '50's.
     
  5. Yummy! The only problem I had was it stuck to my non stick pan! GO figure. I should have known since it doesn't have much oil in it. Next time I'll be sure to line the pan with waxed paper. This cake is definitely yummy! I think next time I'll be making an upside down cake with this recipe! Thanks for posting Puppitypup!
     
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  1. Love this recipe, always comes out good and im at 6300 feet. Have shared this recipe more times than i can count Janei
     
  2. This is really good. it was moist and delicious. I used strawberry yogurt instead of the 1/3 cup of milk and there was a smll undertaste of it. I also used chunkc of banana from a small banana to give it that banana bread taste and it sort of worked. Next time I'll puree the banana to even it out in the batter.
     
  3. This is really light and moist. I agree that with the earlier reviewer that it was almost angel-food like. I used 1 cup Splenda and 1/4 cup sugar, and subbed cherry extract for the vanilla, and added some red food coloring. Served without frosting, but with a dollop of low-fat vanilla yogurt. Reminds me of the cakes my grandma made back in the '50's.
     

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My name is Julie, and I love to cook. I've even gotten to the point where I don't mind the dishes!
 
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