Spice Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup shortening
1/3 cup vanilla flavored cream
1/3 cup water
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
butter (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Place the sugar, eggs, water, and cream into a mixing bowl and mix well.
Add the nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda mix again.
Add the shortening, I use cold shortening, and break it up with the cake mixer, but you can just break it small by hand.
Add the flour and mix until an even consistency
Pour into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan, cook for 30 minutes at 350
Pull the cake out and let cool in tin.
Optional: Let stand approximately 10 minutes and take a stick of butter and rub it generously across the cake.