Rich Spice Cake

Basic Cake Mix ...just enough for 1 cake

2 C (2lbs) cake flour
1 1/2 C sugar
1 T baking powder
3/8 t salt
1/2 and 1/8 C vegetable shortening

In a large bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, baking powder and
salt.  Mix well.  With a pastry blender, cut in shortening until
evenly distributed.

Rich Spice Cake

3 1/3 C Basic Cake Mix
1 t nutmeg
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t cloves
1 C water
1/4 C butter
1 C brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 C sour cream
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 375 F.  Generously grease a 10 X 15 baking pan.  In a
large bowl, combine Basic Cake Mix, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves.  In
a small saucepan, combine water, butter and brown sugar.  Bring to
boil.  Add to dry ingredients.  Mix well.  Add sour cream and eggs.
Pour into prepared pan.  Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until toothpick
inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool cake in pan.  Prepare
Caramel Icing.  Frost cooled cake.

Caramel Icing

1/2 C butter
1/2 C brown sugar
1/3 C milk
2 1/4 C powdered sugar
1 t vanilla

Melt butter over low heat in a small saucepan.  Add brown sugar and
boil over low heat 2 minutes, stirring constantly.  Add milk and bring
to a boil.  Cool to lukewarm.  Put powdered sugar in a medium bowl.
Add butter mixture and vanilla.  Beat with eletric mixer until smooth.