Miracle Cake 

2 cups sifted cake flour
1 medium egg, unbeaten
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
1 cup less 2 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup soft shortening
1 cup sugar
Or 1 tbsp. Grated orange or lemon peel

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Grease, then line with waxed paper, bottom of 8x8 pan. Sift together the flour,baking powder and salt, three times. Thoroughly cream shortening with sugar, then add egg, beating until very light and fluffy, beating 4 minutes. Then blend alternately, just until smooth, the flour mixture in fourths, and the combined milk and vanilla in thirds. Turn into pan. Bake 45 minutes, or until done. Cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, peel off paper and cool on rack.