Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  8               cups  cake flour
     1/4           cup  baking powder
  2 1/2           cups  vegetable shortening
  6               cups  sugar
  1 1/2      teaspoons  salt

Preparation:

In a large bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix well With a pastry blender, cut in shortening until the mixture is as fine as cornmeal. Put in a large airtight container. Label as Basic Cake Mix and store in a cool dry place. Use with 10 to 12 weeks. Makes about 16 cups of mix.

Nutritional Information:

12442 Calories (kcal); 520g Total Fat; (37% calories from fat); 71g Protein; 1892g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 9078mg Sodium