CARAMEL POUND CAKE & FROSTING
1 box dark brown sugar 1 cup sugar 3 cups plain flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup shortening 5 lg. eggs 1 cup milk 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup chopped pecans Cream together butter, shortening and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add flavoring. Sift flour and baking powder. Add alternately with milk. Save 1/2 cup flour to mix with nuts. Fold in nuts. Pour into greased and floured 10" tube pan. Bake at 300° 1 hour and 30 minutes. Let stand in pan 10 minutes and turn out. Frosting: 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup margarine, melted 1/2 cup evaporated milk 1 tsp. vanilla Beat first 4 ingredients. In a small saucepan, bring to a rolling boil and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Cool. Beat until thickened to spreading consistency. (Doesn't have to be as thick as regular frosting.) If it gets too thick, thin with a little milk. Spread on cake. Sugar Syl Says: The kindness you spread today will be gathered up and returned to you tomorrow. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
