Old South Spice Cake Recipe
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Summary
Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar 5 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons ground allspice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk Nut-and-Fruit Filling Caramel Frosting Pecan halves About 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
Directions
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition Combine flour, cocoa, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes.
Remove layers from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Spread Nut-and-Fruit Filling between layers; frost top and sides of cake with Caramel Frosting.
Arrange pecan halves around base of cake.
Fill a pastry bag with the melted chocolate; pipe desired designs with chocolate over the pecans and on top of cake.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition Combine flour, cocoa, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
Dissolve soda in buttermilk.
Add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes.
Remove layers from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Spread Nut-and-Fruit Filling between layers; frost top and sides of cake with Caramel Frosting.
Arrange pecan halves around base of cake.
Fill a pastry bag with the melted chocolate; pipe desired designs with chocolate over the pecans and on top of cake.
