Sugar 'n spice cake

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       Title: Sugar 'n Spice Cake
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 10 servings
  
     3/4 c  Shortening
       1 c  Sugar
     3/4 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
       3    Eggs
   2 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
       1 ts Baking powder
     3/4 ts Baking soda
     1/2 ts Salt
     3/4 ts Ground cinnamon
     3/4 ts Ground cloves
       1 c  Buttermilk
       1 ts Vanilla extract
            Spiced buttercream frosting
            ; see recipe for
  
   Recipe by: Southern Living
   Preparation Time: 0:20
   Cream shortening; gradually add sugars, beating well at
   medium speed of an electric mixer.  Add eggs, one at a
   time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour and
   next 5 ingredients.  Add flour mixture to creamed mixture
   alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with
   flour mixture.  Mix just until blended after each addition.
    Stir in vanilla. Grease two 9-inch round cakepans, and
   line with wax paper; grease wax paper.  Pour batter into
   prepared pans; bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or
   until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
   Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool
   completely on wire racks.  Spread frosting between layers
   and on top and sides of cake.  Yield:  one 2-layer cake.
   
   SUGAR  n' SPICE CUPCAKES: Spoon batter into paper-lined
   muffin pans, filling each cup half full.  Bake at 350
   degrees for 20 minutes.  Remove from pans, and let cool on
   wire racks.  Frost with Spiced Buttercream Frosting.
   Yield:  3 dozen.
  
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