Bake cakes until control product (made with high-ratio liquid shortening) is light brown, springs back when center top is lightly pressed, and wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean....

Bake cakes until control product (made with high-ratio liquid shortening) is light brown, springs back when center top is lightly pressed, and wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Remove all cakes from oven after same length of time, even though some will be paler or darker and will not have risen as high. If necessary, however, adjust bake time for oven variances and record bake time in Comments column of Results Table 1.

Table 1