Old Fashioned Spice Cake Food

OLD-FASHIONED SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Before you take a step, read this recipe through. Then get out all the necessary equipment and ingredients.
• Now measure all ingredients accurately using standard measuring utensils. We can't overemphasize how important accurate measuring is.
• Start your oven at 350 (F) or moderate.
• Next, heavily grease bottoms and sides of three 8-inch cake pans with shortening (do not use any salted fat).
• Then coat pans with flour by sifting a little into each pan and shaking vigorously so there is a film of flour over bottoms and sides.
• Dump out any surplus. This device helps baked cakes to drop from pans easily.
• Sift flour, then spoon lightly into a standard measuring cup and cut off excess to make a level cupful. Do not shake flour down into cup.
• Sift flour again, this time with the baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon and pepper. Right here, if your brown sugar is lumpy, sift or roll it.
• Now, with your nice clean hands, work or cream the shortening, butter or margarine with a beating motion until it looks like whipped cream.
• At this point, begin to work in the brown sugar a little at a time; next the granulated sugar.
• Add vanilla extract.
• Continue creaming until mixture is very fluffy and the grains of sugar almost disappear. This is a bit of a chore, but it's the trick that makes a wonderful texture.
• When sugar is all in, add the eggs, unbeaten, one at a time, beating hard after each addition. From here on, work fast. Don't fool around!
• Now you begin to add the flour mixture.
• Sift about 1/3 into the batter and stir it in. Do not beat.
• Then add about 1/2 of the buttermilk or sour milk and stir it in.
• Repeat these operations, ending with flour.
• Pour batter into greased pans, dividing it evenly.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until cake edges leave sides of pans.
• Remove from oven, allow to cool about 5 minutes before turning out on a cake rack to cool thoroughly.

OLD FASHIONED SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter.
• Add eggs, beat for 1 minute.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
• Beat for 1 minute.
• Pour into greased and floured 9x13 pan.
• Bake at 350* for 40 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease & flour a 13 X 9 pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, applesauce, and oil in a large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into pan.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
• Invert onto cooling rack, then turn right side up.
• Cool completely.
• For frosting:.
• Combine vanilla frosting and cinnamon.
• Stir until well blended.
• Spread over cooled cake.
• ENJOY!

OLD-FASHIONED SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Mix 1 1/3 cups of the evaporated milk and the vinegar; reserve. (Reserve remaining evaporated milk for frosting.)
• Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour rectangular pan, 13x9x2 or 2 round pans (8 or 9 x 1 1/2 inches).
• Beat vinegar mixture and remaining ingredients except frosting in large bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, 30 seconds. Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 3 minutes.
• Pour into pan(s). Bake until toothpick comes out clean, about 45 minutes for rectangular pan, 40-45 minutes for 8-inch rounds, 35-40 minutes for 9-inch rounds. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely.
• Frost rectangular cake or fill and frost layers with caramel frosting.
• Frosting:.
• Heat brown sugar, margarine and evaporated milk to boiling in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat; cool until slightly thickened, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Gradually stir in powdered sugar with spoon.
• If necessary, stir in 2-3 teaspoons water until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency.