| 2 | cups sifted cake flour |
| 1-1/3 | cups sugar |
| 2-1/2 | teaspoons baking powder (with a tartrate powder, use 4 teaspoons) |
| 1 | teaspoon salt |
| 1/2 | cup Spry |
| 1 | cup less 2 tablespoons milk |
| 1-1/2 | teaspoons vanilla |
| 2 | eggs, unbeaten |
SIFT flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into mixing bowl…. DROP in Spry…. ADD about 2/3 of milk, then vanilla, and beat 150 strokes…. SCRAPE bowl and spoon often throughout entire mixing…. ADD eggs and beat 250 strokes…. ADD remaining milk and beat 50 strokes…. BAKE in two 9-inch or deep 8-inch Spry-coated layer pans in moderately hot oven (375° F.) 25-35 minutes…. SPREAD Gloria Chocolate Frosting between layers and on top of cake. PRESS pecan halves into frosting around edge of cake. Increase frosting recipe one-half to make enough frosting to cover sides, too.