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This recipe is an easy one if you’ve never baked a cake from scratch before. Give it a try and soon you’ll be leaving the box mixes behind.

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder (double action)
¾ teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup granulated sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup shortening
1 cup buttermilk
⅔ to ¾ cup eggs, unbeaten (3 medium)

Directions

Mix and sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, spices and granulated sugar.

Add brown sugar, shortening and buttermilk.

Beat vigorously 2 minutes.

Add unbeaten eggs and beat 2 minutes.

Bake in 2 greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans, 30 to 35 minutes in moderate oven (350° F.).

Remove from pans, cool and frost between layers and over top and sides with vanilla flavored double boiler frosting.

Originally posted 2009-02-25 02:18:04. Republished by Old Post Promoter