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Old 11-21-2010, 09:23 PM
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like this cake
Originally Posted by Carol's Quilts
Here is the recipe from Betty Crocker's 1956 Picture Cook Book (my cooking bible!):

TEMPTATION SPICE CAKE
(A delicate spice cake made with sweet milk.)

Grease and flour 2 (8" or 9") layer pans or 13" x 9" oblong pan.

SIFT together into a bowl:

2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
3 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves

ADD:
1/2 cup soft shortening (e.g. Crisco)
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla

BEAT 2 minutes

ADD:

3 eggs

BEAT 2 more minutes

Pour into prepared pans. Bake until cake tests done.

Bake 8" layers 35-40 minutes; 9" layers 30-35 minutes;
oblong 40-45 minutes
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