Spice Cake With Mocha Icing |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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Spice cake like mother used to make with a delicious mocha icing. Enjoy! Ingredients:
****spice cake |
3/4 cup shortening(crisco) |
1 1/2 cups sugar |
3 eggs |
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
2 tablespoons cocoa |
3/4 cup buttermilk |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
1 teaspoon lemon extract |
1/2 cup chopped nuts, roasted |
******mocha icing |
6 tablespoons butter |
1 egg yolk |
3 cups confectioners sugar |
1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1 1/2 tablespoons hot strong coffee |
Directions:
1. ********CAKE********
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
3. Grease & flour pans.
4. Use 2 deep (8 ) pans for high layers, or 2(9 ) pans for thinner layers.
5. Cream shortening and sugar.
6. Blend in well beaten eggs
7. Sift all dry ingredients together; add alternately with buttermilk.
8. Blend in flavorings and nuts
9. Pour into greased & floured pans.
10. Bake for 30-45 minutes or until cake tests done
11. ******MOCHA ICING******
12. Cream butter, blend in egg yolk.
13. Sift sugar, cocoa and cinnamon and add to the creamed mixture alternately with hot coffee.
14. Beat until smooth.
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16. Thank you, Lord, for my mother. She is truly a gem of immeasurable worth. As she prayed for me numerous times, Lord, I pray that You will watch over her and care for her needs. And keep me Dear Lord, firm on the path she set for me so that no matter how far I roam in life, I'll always come back to the foundations she has laid. Amen
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18. My mother died January 10, 2005 of cervical cancer. I pray you all will take necessary precautions and have your yearly exams.
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