Old-fashioned clove cake recipe (1957)

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Spiced old-fashioned clove cake: Vintage recipe from the ’50s

Watkins cloves are the secret of this new taste delight!

You’ll love this vintage clove cake that’s really different from any other spice cake you ever tasted. You’ll enjoy a sharper, finer flavor, a new delightful piquancy…

Old-fashioned clove cake

Yield: 16 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup shortening (part butter)
2-1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 eggs
3 cups sifted All-Purpose Flour
1 tablespoon Watkins ground cloves
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour milk or buttermilk

Instructions

Grease and flour generously, 2- by 9-inch layer pans (1-1/2-inches deep) or a 9- by 13-inch oblong pan.
Cream together until fluffy, the butter, sugar, vanilla and eggs (5 minutes at high speed on mixer or by hand).
Sift together the dry ingredients and mix in (at low speed) alternately with sour milk or buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
Pour into prepared pans.
Bake at 350 (F) for 45 to 50 minutes.
Remove from pans and cool on racks.
Frost with a fluffy white icing or whipped cream.
Decorate as desired.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 433Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 173mgCarbohydrates: 70gFiber: 1gSugar: 51gProtein: 5g

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