Prize-Winning Spice Nut Cake

• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup nutmeats, chopped
• 1/2 cup Crisco
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Sift 7 dry ingredients together. Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs together until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture alternately with the combined milk and flavoring; beat well. Fold in floured nutmeats. Bake in greased 8-inch cake pans, lined with waxed paper. Bake at 365 degrees for about 25 minutes. Put cooled cake together with Sea Foam Frosting and garnish with whole or chopped nutmeats.