Sugar and Spice Cake ¾ cup shortening 1 cup sugar ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar 3 eggs 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder ¾ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ¾ tsp ground cinnamon ¾ tsp ground cloves 1 cup buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla Cream shortening; gradually add sugars, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans, and line with parchment paper. Pour batter into prepared pans; bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks. Spread frosting between layers and one top and sides of cake. |