Cooking Our Way

This is a fine basic cake and can be filled or frosted in many different ways. I like it with lemon curd filling, white mountain frosting and fresh coconut.

2 eggs separated
3 tsp. baking powder
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tsp. salt
2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour
1 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 ½ tsp. flavoring

Heat oven to 350.  Prepare two 8 or 9 inch pans. 
Beat egg whites until frothy.  Gradually beat in ½ cup sugar.  Continue to beat until stiff and glossy enough to stand in peaks.  Sift remaining sugar, cake flour, baking powder and salt into another bowl.  Pour in oil and half of milk.  Beat one minute.  Add remaining milk, egg yolks and flavoring.  Bet 1 minute more.  Fold meringue into batter.  Bake 25 to 30 minutes.