Old Fashioned Spice Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 2 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp vanilla
Cinnamon Crunch Topping
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1/4 cup milk or cream
Instructions
Cake
- Place shortening in bowl, sift together flour, granulated and brown sugar, baking powder, salt and spices into bowl.
- Add milk and vanilla.
- Beat 2 minutes, then scrape bowl and spoon.
- Add eggs and beat an additional 2 minutes.
- Pour batter into greased 9x13” pan.
- Bake at 375ºF for about 30 minutes.
Topping
- Combine brown sugar, cinnamon and flour
- Stir in melted butter, nuts and milk
- When cake has been removed from oven, spread lightly with topping
- Place under broiler about 3 minutes