Reminiscing

We all, meaning my extended family, lived on farms back then in the 50's, 60's and 70's so we had our own meat, vegetables, fruit, milk, eggs, cream, butter, lye soap and of course LARD. So, many of the recipes I have from the past call for lard however, I will be substituting shortening or margarine. One of the first cakes that I learned to do on my own, about age 8, was my mom's Chocolate Cake recipe. It is so easy and you simply add the ingredients as listed, no sifting, no separating, just do it. Who sifts anymore anyway? If you do, let me know.