Buttermilk Spice Cake With Penuche Frosting

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

Ingredients

• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup fresh dairy buttermilk
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 whole eggs
• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 3/4-2 cups powdered icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a mixer bowl, sift flour, sugar, powder, soda, salt and spices.
• 2 i also sometimes add a grating of fresh nutmeg, and a pinch of ginger if desired.
• 3 (never measured amounts).
• 4 add buttermilk, brown sugar, and shortening.
• 5 beat for two minutes.
• 6 add eggs, and beat another and final two minutes.
• 7 spread batter into two greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
• 8 bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes, until tester shows done.
• 9 cool and remove to wire rack for perfect cooling.
• 10 penuche frosting:.
• 11 in saucepan melt the half cup butter and stir in the one cup brown sugar.
• 12 cook until dissolved and boil for two minutes.
• 13 remove from heat and add the quarter cup evaporated milk.
• 14 return to heat and return to boiling point stirring constantly.
• 15 remove from heat.
• 16 cool to lukewarm.
• 17 beat in 1 3/4 to 2 cups powdered icing sugar.
• 18 if its too thick add in a few tablespoons more milk little at a time.
• 19 if its too thin add in more icing powder a little at a time.
• 20 when to your desired spreading consistency, fill and frost cake.