Gelatin Cake




1 cup shortening 3 tsp. baking powder (double action) 2 cups sugar 4 eggs (or 2 egg yolks and 3 whole eggs) 1/2 tsp. salt 3 cups sifted Flour 3/4 cup milk 1 tsp. lemon extract 1 tsp. vanilla Cream shortening and sugar; add eggs one at a time and beat well. Stir flour, baking…
For Hawai’i folks, I think the mere sight of this frosting on this cake will trigger some good memories, even if my execution is pretty wonky! In Hawai’i, this is called chantilly frosting, though outside of the state, chantilly refers to more of whipped cream frosting. For me, this frosting found a place in my heart via a supermarket single-layer german chocolate cake sold frozen in an aluminum pan.