Categories: Cake/Pies/Pastry

Ingredients

• CAKE
• 1 C solid Crisco
• 1 1/2 C sugar
• 1 C water
• 4 eggs
• 3 C white Lily all purpose flour
• 2 t baking powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/2 t vanilla
• FROSTING
• 3 C white sugar
• 1 small can evaporated milk (5 oz? is smallest can?)
• salt-dash
• 1 1/2 sticks butter
• 2 T sweet milk
• Extra 1/3 C white sugar-caramelize

Directions

1. CAKE

2. 325 degrees; 3 layers; Bake 20 + minutes

3. Cream Crisco and sugar

4. Double sift flour, salt and baking powder

5. Add eggs to creamed mixture, onae at a time

6. Alternate adding flour mixture and water, beginning and ending wigth dry ingredient

7. Add vanilla

8. Bake

9. FROSTING

10. Mix together sugar, evaporated milk, salt, butter, 2 T sweet milk

11. Bring to a boil

12. Remove from heat

13. Caramelize additional 1/3 C sugar and add to above mixture. Put back on stove and bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute.

14. Remove from heat

15. ADD 1 t vanilla

16. Now beat with hand mixer until spreading consistency

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