Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice Cake With Spiced Butterc
photo by haleigh42601
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
2 layers
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 3⁄4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Spiced Buttercream Frosting
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, softened
- 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
directions
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Cake:
- Cream shortening, gradually add sugars, beating well at medium speed with an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beat well after each addition.
- Combine flour and next 5 ingredients. Add flour mixture creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, begin and end with flour. Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
- Grease two 9 inch round cake pans, and line with wax paper, grease wax paper. Pour batter into prepared pans, bake at 350F for 30-35 minues or until wooden pick comes out clean.Cool in pans 10 minutes, remove from pans, cool completely on wire racks. Spread with spiced buttercream frosting.
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Spiced Buttercream Frosting:
- Cream butter at medium speed with an elctric mixer, gradually add sugar, beat until light and fluffy. Add orange juice, beat until spreading consistency, stir in cinnamon and cloves. 3 cups.
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