Spice Layer Cake Recipe



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Spice Layer Cake Recipe


Spice Layer Cake

   Ingredients required
3/4 cup shortening
2 1/4 cup sifted cake flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup buttermilk 3 eggs

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Spice Layer Cake Recipe

   Soften shortening. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, salt and spices. Add brown sugar and milk to the shortening. Alternate dry and wet ingredients. Mix 2 minutes. And eggs. Mix two more minutes. Bake at 350° in square pan for 30 to 35 minutes.


White Layer Cake

   Ingredients required
one package yellow or white cake mix
2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven 325 degrees

Instructions for White Layer Cake Recipe

   Stir dry ingredients together, then add shortening and milk. Beat 2 minutes. Add eggs, vanilla, beat 1 minute. Baked in a 9 by 13 inch or two 8 inch round pans for 30 minutes.

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Apple Pound Cake - spiced
Applesauce Cake
Angel Food Cake
Banana Cupcakes
Banana Devil's Food Cake
Bishop's Cake
Black Chocolate Cake
Boiled Raisin Cake
Butter Crumshus Cake'
Carrot Cake
Casserole Cake
Cheese Cake
Chocolate Cake'
Chocolate Chip Cake
Coke Cola Cake
Cream Cake
Crumb Cake
Date Cream Filling
Glorified Gingerbread Cake
Italian Cream Cake
Karithopita Greek Walnut Cake
Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake
Lovelight Banana Chiffon Cake
Maple Sugar Gingerbread
Molasses Layer Cake
Orange Raisin Walnut Cake
Perfect Chocolate Cake
Pineapple Chip Cake
Pound Cake
Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Rhubarb Cake
Rhubarb Crunch
Salad Dressing Chocolate Cake
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Spice Layer Cake
Sunshine Cake
Tomato Soup Cake
Upside Down Cocoa Cake
Walnut Cake
White Fruit Cake
Yum Yum Cake

Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup