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Spice: Creole Spice Cake w/Sea Foam Frosting

Source of Recipe

Clabber Girl


List of Ingredients

1/3 cup butter or shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups sifted pastry or cake flour
4 teaspoons Clabber Girl Baking Powder
Few grains of salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2/3 cup strong, cold coffee



Recipe

Stir shortening until creamy; add sugar gradually, beating in well. Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, beating mixture well after each egg is added. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Add to first mixture alternately with coffee. Bake in two well-greased layer cake pans in moderate oven at 375 degrees F. about 30 minutes.

Put Sea Foam Frosting* between layers and on top and sides of cake.


* Sea Foam Frosting

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Few grains salt
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons strong coffee
2 egg whites



Boil together sugar, cream of tartar, salt, water and coffee without stirring until syrup spins a very long thread or to 248 degrees F. if a thermometer is used. Remove from fire immediately. Beat egg whites until stiff; add syrup slowly, beating it in well. Continue to beat until mixture is cold and thick enough to hold its