New Duchess Spice Cake With Maple Buttercream Fros
Ingredients
2 1/2 C. sifted cake flour or 2 1/3 C. sifted all-purpose flour
1 C. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
3/4 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. salt
1 C. brown sugar
2/3 C. shortening
1 C. buttermilk
3 eggs
Maple butter cream frosting:
1/2 C. shortening (regular only)
1/2 C. butter, softened
1 tsp.. maple flavoring (like vanilla extract)
4 C. (1 pound.) powdered sugar
2 Tbsp. milk
Cooking Instructions
Grease and flour two 9 inch layer cake pans or one 13×9 inch oblong pan. Sift flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt together. Add the brown sugar, shortening and buttermilk. Beat 2 minutes. Add eggs. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake layer pans for 30 to 35 minutes, oblong pan for 45 minutes until cake tests done. Cool. Frost. Maple butter cream frosting: Cream butter and shortening. Add maple flavoring. Gradually add powdered sugar. Gradually add milk and continue beating until light and airy. Add more milk if needed. Color with paste colors. This icing is a light yellow and colors you add will be affected by this. For pure white icing, use 1 C. regular Crisco shortening and 1/2 tsp. butter flavoring. This icing is somewhat stiffer.
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