GreatGrandma's White Cake

4 eggs (less one egg white)
1/2 cup butter
1 huge lump of Crisco
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
3 cups flour sifted 3 times (last sifting add 1 teaspoon salt)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter and Crisco.  Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and vanilla while using electric beater. Fold in flour and milk alternately.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit when adding the eggs.  Bake in 2 round cake pans for 30 minutes.