Shelly's Recipe

AUTUMN SPICE CAKE

Category: Cakes

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 cup rmilk
1 tbsp confectioners sugar
1/2 cup whipped cream

Preheat oven to 350. Line 9-inch cake pans with parchment paper and lightly butter. Cream butter and sugar together until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until smooth and light. Sift the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Alternately stir the flour mixture and milk, in thirds, into the beaten butter. Blend well with each addition.

Pour batter into the pans and bake until center tests clean about 35 -40 minutes. Cool cake in the pans on a rack for 30 minutes, unmold, and cool sprinkle with confectioners sugar and serve with whipped cream.