Frostings or Icings

Layer cake #1 (Mrs. Lawrence)

• 2 cups sugar
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 1 cup Karo syrup
• 1 cup milk
• 1 lump butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Coconut Cream #2 (Cocoa cream)

• 2 tablespoons Crisco
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup cocoa
• 2 ½ cup sifted confectioner’s sugar
• about 6 tablespoons scalded cream

Blend Crisco, butter, vanilla, and salt. Sift cocoa with sugar. Beat in ½ cup (sugar and coca mixture) add hot cream, alternately with remaining (sugar and cocoa mixture) beating well after each addition. Add only enough cream to make a nice spreading consistency.

Spice cake #3

• ⅓ cup Crisco
• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup chopped raisins
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 ⅓ cup sifted B. sugar
• ½ cup milk
• 2 ½ teaspoon B.P.
• ½ teaspoons cinnamon

Cake

Put all ingredients together in mixing bowl and beat thoroughly until smooth. Bake 20 minutes, in layer cake tins at (370ºF)

Frosting

Cream thoroughly 8 tablespoons Crisco, blend 2 2/12 cups xxxx sugar and 1 tablespoon cocoa. Mix with Crisco and add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add sufficient liquid coffee to make proper consistency for spreading