2 1/2 c Sifted cake flour OR 3/4 t Cloves
2 1/3 c Sifted all-purpose flour 1 t Salt
1 c Sugar 1 c Brown sugar
1 t Baking soda 2/3 c Shortening
1 1/2 t Cinnamon 1 c Buttermilk
3/4 t Nutmeg 3 ea Eggs
Grease and flour 2-9″ layer cake pans or one 13×9″ oblong pan. Sift
flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt
together. Add the brown sugar, shortening and buttermilk. Beat 2
minutes. Add eggs. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake layer pans for
30 to 35 minutes, oblong pan 45 minutes until cake tests done. Cool.
Frost. MAPLE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING: 1/2 cup Crisco shortening
(regular only) 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 tsp. maple flavoring
(like vanilla extract) 4 cups (1 lb.) powdered sugar 2 Tbsp.
milk Cream butter and shortening. Add maple flavoring. Gradually add
powdered sugar. Gradually add milk and continue beating until light
and airy. Add more milk if needed. Color with paste colors. This
icing is a light yellow and colors you add will be affected by this.
For pure white icing, use 1 cup regular Crisco shortening and 1/2
tsp. Wilton butter flavoring. This icing is somewhat stiffer. For
blazing white, add Wilton White White. Wilton White White will also
make the first buttercream recipe whiter, but be careful with colors
as they will still tend to be yellowish. Note: Excellent cake and
frosting! Cake from the old ’50’s Betty Crocker Cookbook Frosting
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Yields
1 servings