Nutmeg Feather Cake (Dad)

By jacewildman

Ingredients

• Topping:
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 3 whole eggs
• Dash of salt
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 lb. butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup cream

Details

Cooking time 30mins

Preparation

Step 1

Cream shortening and sugar together and all the beaten eggs. Sift all dry ingredients together and add alternately with the butter-milk to sugar shortening mixture. Add the vanilla. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees in a well greased pyrex dish. Remove from oven. Leave in the baking dish and pour on the topping.

Topping:
Boil all topping ingredients two minutes and then add: (optional: 1 cup pecans, 1 cup shredded coconut and 1 teaspoon vanilla.) Pour at once on the warm cake.