Ingredients

2 1/2 C. flour, sifted
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/2 C. margarine, softened
1/2 C. brown sugar
1 C. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/4 C. buttermilk

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease well and flour two 8 inch pans or a 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, soda, cinnamon, cloves, pepper. In a large bowl use electric mixer at high speed to beat butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Occasionally scratch the sides of the bowl with a scrapper. At low speed, beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk beginning and ending with the flour. Beat until smooth about one minute. Pour batter into prepared pans; bake until surface springs back when gently touched with fingertips. Layers 30-35 minutes and oblong 45 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack. Frost as desired.
 
 
"I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able," (1Corinthians 3:2)