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== Description ==
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Butler Estate in Irving, Texas in 1988.
From "Catsrecipes Y-Group"<ref>"Catsrecipes Y-Group" http://Groups.Yahoo.Com/Group/Catsrecipes/ Catsrecipes Y-Group</ref>

== Ingredients ==
* ⅓ cup [[shortening]]
* 1½ cups [[granulated sugar]]
* 2½ cups [[cake flour]] sifted
* 4 teaspoons [[baking powder]]
* ¼ teaspoon [[salt]]
* ¾ cup [[water]]
* ½ teaspoon [[almond extract]]
* 4 [[egg yolks]] beaten

=== Frosting ===
* 6 tablespoons [[cocoa]]
* 6 tablespoons hot [[coffee]]
* 6 tablespoons [[butter]]
* 1 teaspoon [[vanilla]]
* 3 cups [[confectioner's sugar]]

== Procedures ==
# Cream shortening with the sugar then mix and sift flour, baking powder and salt and add these alternately to the first mixture with the water and extract.
# Fold in beaten egg yolks.
# Bake in greased and floured sheet pan for 35 minutes at 350°F.
# When cake is cool cut in half and put together with frosting.
# For frosting combine cocoa and coffee then add butter and vanilla.
# Add sugar gradually until correct consistency.

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[[Category:North American cuisine]]
[[Category:Cake Recipes]]
[[Category:Egg yolk Recipes]]
[[Category:Cocoa Recipes]]
[[Category:Coffee Recipes]]