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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This was a cake Mom made when I was a child. She didn't make it very often, but when she did...oh la la! Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups flour, sifted |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 cup shortening |
1 1/2 cups sugar |
2 eggs |
1 cup milk |
3 tablespoons burnt sugar (see instructions as follows) |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
Directions:
1. Burnt Sugar: Melt 1/2 cup sugar in a heavy pan over low heat stirring constantly until dark brown.
2. Add 1/2 cup boiling water and cook until mixture looks like molasses.
3. Cake: Sift flour, measure, add salt and baking powder and sift together.
4. In a separate bowl, cream shortening.
5. Add sugar gradually and cream well.
6. Add eggs one at a time to creamed mixture, beating thoroughly after each addition.
7. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk.
8. Add burnt sugar and vanilla.
9. Bake in two greased and floured 8-inch round layer cake pans in a moderate oven (350 deg F); 30-35 minutes.
10. Cool and frost with broiled frosting colored with burnt sugar.
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