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    Buttermilk Spice Cake with Brown Sugar


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    List of Ingredients




    2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon ginger
    1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/2 cup butter, soft
    1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
    1 cup granulated sugar
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 1/4 cups buttermilk
    Brown Sugar Frosting, below

    Sift together the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. Cream butter in a mixing bowl; add brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Beat at high speed of an electric mixer for 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Scrape bowl often. Add sifted dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk, mixing at lowest speed just until smooth. Pour batter into two greased and floured 8-inch round layer cake pans. . Bake at 350° 30 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on rack for 5 minutes, turn out of pans onto racks to cool completely.

    Brown Sugar Frosting

    2 egg whites
    1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
    1/3 cup cold water
    1 tablespoon light corn syrup
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Combine all ingredients in top of double boiler. Beat 1 minute at high speed of electric mixer. Place over rapidly boiling water and cook, beating constantly, 7 minutes or until peaks form. Remove from heat and continue beating until spreading consistency is reached. Frost tops and sides of cooled spice cake.

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