Chocolate Chip Cake

Sift together in a large bowl:

• 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 2 tsps double action baking powder (3 tsps single action)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar

Then add:

• 1/2 cup Snowdrift (aka shortening)
  
• 1/2 cup milk

Mix enough to dampen flour. Beat for two minutes with electric mixer at "low speed".

Add:

• 2 eggs, unbeaten
• 1/2 cup coarsely grated baking unsweetened chocolate
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts