Apple Juice Spice Cake

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From the Occident/King Midas Collector's Bake Book.

Yield:

6 servings

Added:

December 10, 2009

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Ingredients

Cake:

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup butter

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cloves

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

1 cup apple juice

Browned butter frosting:

1/4 cup butter

1 pound confectioner's sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1/4 cup to ⅓ light cream

Preparation

1

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, baking powder, baking soda, salt, spices and vanilla; beat well. Add flour alternately with apple juice, beginning and ending with flour. Turn into two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans, greased and floured on the bottom. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the center. Cool and frost.

2

To make frosting, brown butter over medium heat until golden. Blend in confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Add cream until smooth and of spreading consistency.

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