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    Spud Spice Cake


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    Recipe Introduction


    A nice spice cake with a rich
    brown sugar frosting.
    serves 16

    List of Ingredients




    1 3/4 cups sugar
    1 cup cold mashed potatoes
    3/4 cup shortening
    3 eggs
    2 cups flour
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
    3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)


    Frosting

    1/4 cup butter
    3/4 cup packed brown sugar
    3 tablespoons milk
    confectioners' sugar

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

    Cream together sugar, potato, shortening.

    Add eggs one at a time to mixture.

    Sift flour, cinnamon, nutmeh and salt.

    Add Baking soda to milk.

    Add wet and dry ingredients alternately
    to creamed mixture.

    Mix in walnuts.

    Pour in 2 8 in cakes pans that have been
    greased and floured.

    Frosting:

    Melt butter in saucepan.

    Stir in brown sugar.

    Cook over low heat 2 minutes.

    Add milk and bring to full boil.

    Cool to lukewarm.

    Mix in enough confectioners sugar
    to spread easily on cake.


 

 

 


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