Toasted Spice Cake

 This recipe is by Sarah Francis, a family member of mine. 

Toasted Spice Cake

INGREDIENTS:

2/3 cup yellow crisco

2 cups brown sugar

2 eggs

1 1/4 cup sour milk

2 1/3 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp cloves

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla

Cream shortening; add sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time. Mix well. Dissolve soda in sour milk and add alternatively with dry ingredients. Add vanilla; mix until smooth. Pour in buttered pan. Cover raw batter with meringue made as follows:

Brown sugar meringue:

Beat 2 eggs whites until stiff, slowly add 1 cup brown sugar, continue beating until smooth, spread over raw batter. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped nuts. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until. I recommend baking the cake for 20 minutes and then top with meringue and bake another 20 minutes to ensure the meringue isn't too bake.