Chocolate Spice Cake

Name: Chocolate Spice Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 9inch round cake
Ingredients: 3/4-1 cup sugar (use 1 cup if you like it sweet); 3 tablespoons Crisco shortening; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 eggs; 1 cup flour; 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons chopped nuts; 1/3 cup buttermilk

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"Just a great little spice cake, wonderful with chocolate or vanilla frosting."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 1 9inch round cake

ingredients

³⁄₄ - 1 cup sugar (use 1 cup if you like it sweet)
3 tablespoons Crisco shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
¹⁄₂ teaspoon nutmeg
¹⁄₄ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons chopped nuts
¹⁄₃ cup buttermilk

directions

Set oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9" round baking pan, and dust with flour.
In a large bowl, beat sugar and shortening until very well mixed; add in vanilla and eggs, beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.
Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture, with the buttermilk, beat for 2 minutes at low speed until moistened, then at medium speed for another 2 minutes.
Stir in the chopped nuts.
Transfer to prepared baking pan.
Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
Note: mini chocolate chips may be substituted for the chopped nuts, OR use 2 Tbsp of both.

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Reviews

Ohhh, where do I start? I could go on & on about all the things I was doing at the same time & that my oven needs replacing(we are deciding on a new one right now)& I should know better than to try to bake a cake in it, but I won't. I can't do you justice by posting the picture 'cause after frosting it with recipe #89207 Easy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, it looks like either Jabba the Hutt or a scene from "The Blob". The cake & frosting are slowly enveloping the cake server. I can tell you that it tastes out of this world. I'm in danger of eating the entire cake myself! This is my new favorite cake & I'll be making it again as soon as I get an oven that holds a temp. Thanks for sharing! This recipe was tested & enjoyed during Tag-a-Thon for Kittencal, January 2008.

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