1880 Chocolate Spice Cake (With Icing) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon clove
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F
Dissolve baking soda in the buttermilk and set aside.
Cream sugar, butter, and buttermilk together.
Sift dry ingredients together.
Add alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
Pour into greased and floured 9x13\" pan.
Bake 25-30 minutes. Spread icing over hot cake.
For icing; Mix 5 T. butter, 7 T. brown sugar, 5 T. cream, and 1/2 cup cocoa together.
Spread over hot cake and return to oven and broil until icing bubbles and is light brown on cake.