1. How to make a cake! By: Jackie Kochan

2. What you need: * Oven * 9" baking pan * Bowl * Flour * Sugar * Baking Powder * Baking Soda * Salt * Vanilla * Butter Milk * Shorting * Eggs * Tooth Pick * Cooling Rack * Timer * plug * Electric mixer

3. To make a cake is easy. You just need to have the right supplies and be ready to follow the directions. And enjoy some cake too!

4. First have your oven heated to 350 degrees.

5. Then in a bowl combine 2 1/2 cups of flour, 2 cups of sugar, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, and 1/8 teaspoon of salt.

6. After you added the dry ingredients, then add to your bowl, 1 1/3 cup of butter milk, 1/2 cup of shorting, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla

7. Next beat the batter with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping the bowl. Then beat on medium for 2 more minutes scraping the bowl occasionally.

8. After you mixed the batter until it was smooth add the 2 cups of flour, and 4 egg whites. Again mix the batter for 2 more minutes on medium.

9. Then after you mixed the batter, pour it into a 9" greased baking pan. Then put the pan in the oven.

10. After the batter bakes in the oven for 30-35 minutes insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. If the toothpick comes out dirty or with cake crumbs on it put the cake back in the oven for about 5 more minutes.

11. Then let the cake cool outside the oven for 10 minutes. Make sure you turn the oven off!

12. Once the cake is cooled down cut the cake into 6 pieces.

13. Then eat up! I hope you enjoyed learning how to make a cake.