1880 Chocolate Spice Cake (with Icing)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 dissolve baking soda in the buttermilk and set aside.
• 3 cream sugar, butter, and buttermilk together.
• 4 sift dry ingredients together.
• 5 add alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
• 6 pour into greased and floured 9x13" pan.
• 7 bake 25-30 minutes. spread icing over hot cake.
• 8 for icing; mix 5 t. butter, 7 t. brown sugar, 5 t. cream, and 1/2 cup cocoa together.
• 9 spread over hot cake and return to oven and broil until icing bubbles and is light brown on cake.