Spice Cake

By tymc8381

Ingredients

• For cake:
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
• (You may use 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour but add 2 tsp. baking powder and 1 tsp. salt)
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup Crisco
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1 1/2 tsp. allspice
• For frosting:
• 1 1/2 sticks butter
• 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

For cake:

Measure flour and spices into a bowl.

Beat eggs in a large bowl. Add sugar, crisco, milk. Add flour and vanilla. Beat well.

Bake at 350 degrees approximately 30 minutes.


For frosting:

Bring margarine, brown sugar and milk to a full boil. Add vanilla. Let cool before pouring over cake.