Blackberry Cake and Caramel Frosting

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 cup butter flavored Crisco
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour milk (1 cup sweet milk + 1 tablespoon vinegar)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in half of milk
• 3/4 cup blackberries + 1/4 cup juice
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Caramel Frosting

• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 5 tablespoons evaporated milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

Instructions

Cake

1. Cream Crisco and sugar; add eggs and beat well.
2. Sift flour and spices together, then add alternately with milk.
3. Fold in berries, juice, and nuts, gently.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F in a 10 inch tube pan for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Use cake tester. Bake a few more minutes if needed.
5. Frost and dust with confectioners' sugar.

Caramel Frosting

1. In saucepan, mix first four ingredients. Heat to boiling; stirring constantly.
2. Remove from heat to cool.
3. Stir in vanilla extract.
4. Add confectioners' sugar about 3 tablespoonsful at a time. Beat until smooth and creamy.
5. Frost cake.

Attribution

Posted by LladyRusty at Recipe Goldmine 9/21/02 7:12:23 am.

Recipe credit: Taste of Freedom Cookbook, Louisa Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Louisa, Kentucky