Spice Cake with Maple Frosting (WAS: Favorite cake)
On Dec 4, 12:10*pm, "Storrmmee" > wrote:
> have you eaten this without the icing? how does it do with no icing. and i
> had another question but have forgotten now, lol, Lee"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> > "Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
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> >> On 12/3/2011 8:40 AM, roy55kat wrote:
> >>> What is your favorite cake?
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> >> Chocolate Cake, Fruitcake, Cherry-Nut Cake, Italian Cream Cake, Coconut
> >> Cake, Red Earth Cake, Carrot Cake.
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> >> Becca
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> > Spice cake with maple syrup frosting.
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> > 2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
> > 3/4 c. white granulated sugar
> > 3/4 c. milk
> > 1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
> > 2 large eggs
> > 1 tsp. vanilla extract
> > 2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
> > 1 tsp. salt
> > 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
> > 1 tsp. ground allspice
> > 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
> > 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
> > 1/2 c. vegetable shortening
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> > Preheat oven to 350 F. *Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans. *In a
> > large mixing bowl, blend flour, baking powder, salt and ground spices.
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> > shortening in with a fork and mix well. *Add milk then stir in the sugars,
> > eggs and vanilla extract. *Beat with an electric mixer on low until
> > blended,
> > scraping the sides of the bowl. *Beat on high about 3 minutes. *Pour the
> > batter into lined cake pans. *Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick
> > inserted in the center comes out clean. *Let cool in the pans on the
> > counter
> > for 10 minutes; remove cakes to wire racks and cool completely.
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> > Maple Frosting
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> > 1/2 c. vegetable shortening
> > 1/2 tsp. salt
> > 1/3 c. pure maple syrup
> > 2 tsp. vanilla extract
> > 2 Tbs. milk
> > 3 c. powdered (confectioners) sugar
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> > Sift the sugar. *In large bowl, combine shortening, salt, syrup, vanilla,
> > and 1 cup of the sugar. *Mix well. *Beat in remaining sugar and milk
> > gradually, until smooth and creamy. *If too thin, add more sugar. *If too
> > thick, add more milk. *Use immediately. *Frosts two 8" rounds.
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